(Reprinted from NEWSDAY 8-27-07)
A preliminary investigation into a deadly fire at a ground zero skyscraper found that the cause was careless smoking by construction workers, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday.
Bloomberg also said that pieces of a broken standpipe in the tower were sent to the FBI as part of the investigation. The standpipe, which hadn't been inspected by fire officials in over a year, is used to send water from fire hoses up into the building.
Bloomberg spoke after the Fire Department reassigned three fire officials and ordered more inspections and fire planning at buildings throughout the city.The mayor said the fire at the former Deutsche Bank tower was likely caused by "careless smoking by workers" on the 17th floor of the building, where the fire broke out. City officials had said earlier that workers routinely took smoke breaks just outside the area where the fire started on Aug. 18. - Joseph Mallia, Newsday
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