After a fire last month at the Parker-Spruce Hotel, the building, which also houses Westbury bar, remains closed until a new sprinkler system is installed.
Shortly after the Oct. 20 fire, the Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections issued a cease operations/stop-work order for the Parker-Spruce and Westbury.
According to the order, the adjoining fire pump/sprinkler system for both businesses is inoperable.
The corrective action needed to remove the stop-work order is listed as “repair sprinkler system and provide certifications for fire alarm and suppression systems,” according to the order. L&I did not give PGN a timeline for when the department expects to lift the order, and calls to Parker-Spruce and Westbury were not returned.
New details from the Philadelphia Fire Department incident report reveal a little more about what happened that day.
PFD was dispatched to the Parker-Spruce at 3:32 p.m. for a report of a fire on the ninth floor. Firefighters arrived on location about two minutes later and saw smoke billowing from a window on the floor.
PFD Executive Chief Peter Crespo told PGN that “the sprinkler system contained the majority of the fire.”
The fire was under control by 3:51 p.m. No one was injured and everyone was accounted for.
The PFD is still conducting its investigation, and could not comment on what caused the fire or the extent of the damage.
L&I has reported about 50 violations at the building in the last few years.