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Related: About this forumEmergency Exits Were Locked In Dhaka Building Where 25 People Died From Fire, Officials Say
Source: NPR
Emergency Exits Were Locked In Building Where 25 People Died From Fire, Officials Say
March 29, 2019 2:18 PM ET
BILL CHAPPELL
The high-rise building where fire and smoke killed 25 people in Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital, did not have a proper fire suppression system and some of its emergency exit doors were locked, officials say. A criminal case is being pursued against the building's owners.
The death toll rose sharply after firefighters brought the fire inside the 22-story FR Tower under control Thursday afternoon and were able to search the office building in Dhaka's Banani area.
Fire and safety officials in Dhaka say the building had numerous problems that presented safety flaws. Office workers and others inside the tower were trapped. Dozens of people were injured.
Information Minister Hasan Mahmud alleged on Friday that because of the building's condition, innocent people were killed not by the fire but by the owners' greed. He added that the building had been built with more stories than were initially approved.
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March 29, 2019 2:18 PM ET
BILL CHAPPELL
The high-rise building where fire and smoke killed 25 people in Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital, did not have a proper fire suppression system and some of its emergency exit doors were locked, officials say. A criminal case is being pursued against the building's owners.
The death toll rose sharply after firefighters brought the fire inside the 22-story FR Tower under control Thursday afternoon and were able to search the office building in Dhaka's Banani area.
Fire and safety officials in Dhaka say the building had numerous problems that presented safety flaws. Office workers and others inside the tower were trapped. Dozens of people were injured.
Information Minister Hasan Mahmud alleged on Friday that because of the building's condition, innocent people were killed not by the fire but by the owners' greed. He added that the building had been built with more stories than were initially approved.
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Read more: https://www.npr.org/2019/03/29/708068875/emergency-exits-were-locked-in-building-where-25-people-died-from-fire-officials
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Emergency Exits Were Locked In Dhaka Building Where 25 People Died From Fire, Officials Say (Original Post)
Eugene
Mar 2019
OP
IIRC in 80s there was a fire in a DesMoines mall store. Several died because exits were locked
bobbieinok
Mar 2019
#1
And a fire in a chicken processing plant in SC where workers died because of locked doors?
bobbieinok
Mar 2019
#2
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)1. IIRC in 80s there was a fire in a DesMoines mall store. Several died because exits were locked
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)2. And a fire in a chicken processing plant in SC where workers died because of locked doors?
DBoon
(22,367 posts)3. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire - NYC 1911
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history.[1] The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers 123 women and 23 men[2] who died from the fire, smoke inhalation, or falling or jumping to their deaths. Most of the victims were recent Italian and Jewish immigrant women aged 14 to 23;[3][4][5] of the victims whose ages are known, the oldest victim was 43-year-old Providenza Panno, and the youngest were 14-year-olds Kate Leone and Rosaria "Sara" Maltese.[6]
The factory was located on the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors of the Asch Building, at 2329 Washington Place in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan. The 1901 building still stands today and is known as the Brown Building. It is part of and owned by New York University.[7]
Because the doors to the stairwells and exits were locked[8][1] (a then-common practice to prevent workers from taking unauthorized breaks and to reduce theft),[9] many of the workers who could not escape from the burning building jumped from the high windows. The fire led to legislation requiring improved factory safety standards and helped spur the growth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), which fought for better working conditions for sweatshop workers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,862 posts)4. Ahh, yes. How typical.
It has happened in this country, I'm sad to say.