The Montgomery County apartment building where a weekend fire killed one resident and injured three firefighters had not been inspected for fire code violations in years.
County fire inspectors are plowing through a new plan to evaluate all Montgomery apartment buildings, but senior fire officials say the massive number of buildings to be inspected far surpasses the number of inspectors on staff. Assistant Fire Marshal Mike Hamilton said one year into the project, fire inspectors have reviewed only 20 to 30 percent of the county’s complexes.
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