Milwaukee Residents Voice Need for Sprinkler Systems in Older Apartment Buildings

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Milwaukee residents voice need for sprinkler systems in older apartment buildings

Milwaukee city officials are discussing new regulations to encourage sprinkler systems in older apartment buildings after a fire killed five residents earlier this month.Buildings constructed before 1974 are not required to have sprinklers due to a decades-old grandfather clause in Wisconsin state law, leaving tens of thousands of Milwaukee residents living in buildings without the safety feature."I would say to [state legislators] please do som…