Smaalenenes Avis reports that a fire broke out at 11:00 on 18 August in a residential block in Storgata in Askim.

Local press in Swabia, in southwest Germany, report that a fire has caused millions of Euros of damage at the Kressbronn fire station.

On 27 July a truck caught fire after a collision in the Jagdberg Tunnel towards Jena.

In 2015 the Norwegian sprinkler market declined 4.7% as construction activity fell, with the economy hurt by declining oil prices.

The British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association, BAFSA, has published a report on the retrofit of residential sprinkler system in 540 council homes in Sheffield.

Dagsavisen reports that on 28 April a water mist system extinguished a fire in the Stortorvets Gjestgiveri restaurant in Oslo.

Over 300 delegates attended Fire Sprinkler International in Munich on 19-20 April.

BS 9999, a code of practice for fire safety widely used in the UK and a number of other countries, is under review.

The Business Sprinkler Alliance (BSA) has published an interactive map of large fires and sprinkler saves.

With less than three weeks until the early bird discount ends, registrations are coming in fast for Fire Sprinkler International 2016.