On September 29th, according to the Rockdale County Fire Chief Marian McDonald a fire began on the roof of BioLab, a manufacturer of pool and spa products in Conyers, GA. In the seven years she’s been on the job, this is the third incident of fire there. During a September 29th news conference, the County Emergency Management Agency made a statement that the fire was caused by “a malfunctioning sprinkler head”.
“A malfunctioning fire sprinkler device has never caused a fire”, said Shane Ray, President of the National Fire Sprinkler Association. “As a matter of fact, I have never in my entire career as a firefighter, fire officer, fire chief, and state fire marshal, experienced a fire sprinkler device “malfunction” without human interaction.”