RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The ABC11 I-Team is investigating the fire safety systems at the Raleigh Convention Center .

The I-Team has obtained recent city fire marshal safety inspection records for this year. The documents show nine failures during a building fire code inspection in May of this year.

The reports from the fire marshal's office show multiple fire code violations, including:

Failures of the fire alarm system;

Maintenance of the sprinkler system;

And making sure sprinklers were free of obstruction.

Safety Inspection Report

Raleigh's fire chief said the first calls came in around 9:30 p.m. Monday, and firefighters had the flames under control about 25 minutes after arriving.

The chief says the quick response time prevented a major catastrophe.

"It's very challenging

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