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Hotel Fire Notices Sprinklers Could Have Helped
CHICAGO AP A blaze at the Conrad Hilton Hotel killed four and injured up to 20. Officials blamed a smoldering cigarette. smoke spread as guests fled onto the 22nd floor hallway. Fire officials say sprinklers might have contained the fire and that guests staying in rooms would have been safer. The hotel lacked a required sprinkler system under city code. Police identified victims including Abdelaziz Belal of Casablanca and Bill Launius of Missouri. motives and suspects were under investigation. Evacuations affected hundreds as elevators failed and alarms were questioned.
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Chicago
Conrad Hilton
Richard Brzeczek
Second Battalion
Robert Koujourian
Tom Skowronowski
Chicago Fire Department
Hilton
Brzeczek
Skowronowski
Koujourian
Evelyn Law
Abdelaziz Belal
Casablanca
Morocco
Belal
Aziz
Abdelaziz
Jaye Schroeder
Bill Launius
Poplar Bluff