Before the Memorial Monument was unveiled, the fire investigation was made public.
Lightning had indeed struck the old warehouse.
But the fireproof seals on its roof should not have lit up for only an instant.
The inspectors identified three causes in the charred beams.
The warehouse timbers had deteriorated.
The fireproof seals were seventeen days overdue for inspection.
The western drainage channel was clogged with dry leaves, allowing the flames to reach the space between the walls faster.
There had been no enemy attack.
There was no new mastermind behind the scenes.
Nor had anyone blamed the fire on the Uchiha or a Tailed Beast simply because the alarm had sounded in the same rhythm as on the Night of the Nine-Tails.
The warehouse management office was responsible for the delayed inspection.
A maintenance request had been submitted, but it had been pushed back to the next cycle because temporary supplies for the memorial ceremony had been given storage priority.
The person who had signed the postponement, the shift that had failed to clear the drainage channel, and the official who had approved the warehouse's continued use were each entered separately in the accountability record.
Not everyone who worked in the management office shared the blame.
The rescue records did not list only achievements, either.
Students had been checked off twice on the roster.
Onlookers had blocked the northern passage.
An incompatible old coupling had delayed the first water line by twenty-three breaths.
Those mistakes had caused no deaths.
They were still kept on record.
The next student evacuation would use both name tags and personal responses to confirm each student's safety.
Firefighting connections in old warehouses throughout the village would undergo a standardized inspection.
The onlooker exclusion zone would be redrawn by the on-site commander according to the width