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Three people have died in a condominium fire in Honolulu. It was their fault. The fire almost certainly would have been contained with no loss of life and minimal damage to property if the building had had a modern sprinkler system installed. It didn't. The building did not have a sprinkler system installed because the residents, through their condominium association, had rejected a proposal to install sprinklers and had lobbied against being required to install them by the local authorities. The reason, as you might expect, was cost: Estimates for the installation ran around $4,300 per unit ...