Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FALL RIVER — Inspectors with the Fall River Fire Department discovered four residential buildings had been using fire sprinkler ...

ACTION. THAT’S RIGHT. SOURCES TELL ME IT WAS THE SPRINKLER IN THE ROOM WHERE THE FIRE STARTED. HERE AT GABRIEL HOUSE THAT NEVER WENT OFF. AND IN FACT, THAT SPRINKLER HAD BEEN RECALLED DECADES AGO.

Fire inspectors found sprinkler heads that had been recalled 24 years ago in four buildings in Fall River, Massachusetts, the city’s fire chief said Monday. The recalled sprinklers were discovered in ...