Fire raises disturbing questions, traders not aware of fire safety norms

Allahabad | Monday | 20th November, 2017

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The arrangements should be accordingly enhanced if the size and shape of a commercial shop-plus one- or two-storied building is more. "He added, "We have been regularly advising people to install advanced fire-fighting arrangements, especially a well-planned escape route. "A fire officials said it's a starling fact that traders having shop-cum-residential buildings are not aware about fire safety plans and most of such shops have only one staircase to reach the upper floors. The automatic fire sprinkling systems installed n basements were also not working. Some multi-storied buildings, despite having fire hydrants, had no availability of water..