News analysis: Call for mandatory sprinkler systems reignited by Dunelm Mill fire
On 6 October 2011, local fire fighters lamented the absence of sprinklers in a Dunelm Mill store that suffered a major blaze on the Orchard Retail Park in Willenhall, Coventry.
The knock-on effect was evident. The fire caused structural damage to a neighbouring Dreams bed store, the nearby Royal Mail sorting office was closed as a precaution and surrounding roads and a local
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