Victoria Park Fire: Alarm May Not Have Functioned Properly

The investigation into the June fire at New World Victoria Park revealed that the fire alarm system did not activate automatically and may not have functioned as intended. Conducted by Fire and Emergency New Zealand investigator Colin Paul Melville, the report indicated that the fire was accidental but did not disclose the specific cause. Notably, the alarm did not trigger automatically; instead, a manual activation was recorded on June 17. The investigation suggested the system may have been isolated before the incident.

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