Originally Posted by WESTUPLACE
Many times the fire loading exceeds the sprinkler design. The K Mart warehouse burned to the ground several years ago because of this.


I didn't remember reading about this anywhere, so I did a little Google research and found out why: It happened in 1982. A little more than several years ago, but anyway, here's the NFPA report:

http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//MbrSecurePDF/FIFallsTownship.pdf