Nearly one year since the Rise Doro apartments in downtown Jacksonville caught fire, a new investigative report was released on Monday and said there’s no conclusive evidence to show a specific cause.
While the cause is undetermined, the project manager believed the fire was caused by an electrical problem, according to the report.
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The property manager told fire investigators the building had electrical issues in the control panel, and they were waiting on parts to repair it.
The report also raised other concerns about the structure. When Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department crews attempted to activate the fire sprinkler system, the valve was turned off.
Fire crews also could not access the building from the northside because of an “incomplete stairwell.”
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An air conditioning subcontractor who went in the building a year before the fire described some of the work as “shoddy.” According to the report, he told investigators he, “suspected the work was being completed without the proper permitting and inspections.”