This month marks the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London. Over 80% of the central city was destroyed.

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.