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Sherwin Williams Warehouse Fire, 1987

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A fire started accidentally in a fully sprinklered 18,000 square meter (190,000 square feet) warehouse in Dayton, OH, on May 27, 1987, and quickly overpowered the building's sprinkler systems. The fire was allowed to burn itself out without causing any fatalities, environmental contamination or further property loss beyond the warehouse itself.

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