Wednesday nights beach condo fire has many living or vacationing in the Indian Beach community wondering if a sprinkler system could have saved the building.

The newest portion of the development and emergency codes call for a sprinkler system to be installed. The oceanfront building constructed 7 years ago that burned down did not have sprinklers installed. Fire officials would not say that a system would have saved the condos, but only that in most cases, a sprinkler system can only help.

The cause of the fire might not be known until next week. Officials with the Homeowners Association at Ocean Club say a new building built there would be equipped with sprinklers because of emergency codes.