No one was injured. Local officials told dpa that no fire alarm system was installed in the building because experts had considered it not necessary — much to the astonishment of many observers ...

TED: THERE ARE 1200 FIRE ALARM BOXES IN BOSTON, THE OLDEST FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY. IN FACT, THE TECHNOLOGY, IF YOU COULD CALL IT THAT, IS THE SAME WHEN THESE BOXES FIRST WENT UP IN 1852.