The Brief
- A Common Council committee approved an ordinance to temporarily waive certain fees for apartment building owners who voluntarily install sprinkler systems.
- A series of fires at Milwaukee apartment buildings that did not have sprinkler systems left several people dead and others injured.
- The ordinance now heads to the full Common Council for a vote.
MILWAUKEE – A push to get sprinklers in more Milwaukee apartment buildings received support from city leaders on Tuesday.
The backstory:
Over the past year, a series of fires at apartment buildings that did not have sprinkler systems left several people dead and others injured. …