Another Day, Another Wood-Framed Apartment Fire
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA)
Waterbury, Connecticut, Blaze Highlights Vulnerable Construction Methods.
On Wednesday, May 17, 2017, days after a wood-framed retail-apartment complex under construction in Oakland, Calif., was destroyed for the second time in a year, five firefighters were injured in a fire that destroyed four three-story multi-family homes in Waterbury, Conn., exemplifying the danger with wood-framed residential buildings.
The fire, which displaced 20 families, – 32 people in all – comes at ...