SIMILARITIES BETWEEN UPHAAR FIRE TRAGEDY & AMRI HOSPITAL FIRE
1 min readTEN SIMILARITIES BETWEEN UPHAAR FIRE TRAGEDY & AMRI HOSPITAL FIRE
| UPHAAR FIRE TRAGEDY
Friday the 13th June 1997 |
AMRI HOSPITAL FIRE
Friday the 9th Dec. 2011
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| PATRONS DIED OF ASPHYXIA | PATIENTS DIED OF ASPHXIA |
| UPHAAR CINEMA WITNESSED SIMILAR FIRE IN THE YEAR1989 | AMRI HOSPITAL WITNESSED A SIMILAR FIRE IN THE YEAR 2008 |
| FIRE SAFETY NORMS WERE VIOLATED | FIRE SAFETY NORMS WERE VIOLATED |
| THE STAFF ABANDONED THE PATRONS | THE STAFF ABANDONED THE PATIENTS |
| EXITS WERE CLOSED | EXIT WERE CLOSED |
| THE STAFF HAD TRIED TO DOUSE THE FIRE THEMSELVES WHICH RESULTED IN SMOKE GETTING SUCKED IN BY THE AC DUCT AND THE SMOKE SPREAD TO THE ENTIRE BUILDING CONVERTING BALCONY INTO A DEATH TRAP | THE STAFF HAD TRIED TO DOUSE THE FIRE THEMSELVES WHICH RESULTED IN SMOKE GETTING SUCKED IN BY THE AC DUCT AND THE SMOKE SPREAD TO THE ENTIRE BUILDING CONVERTING HOSPITAL INTO A DEATH TRAP |
| DELAY IN INFORMING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT | DELAY IN INFORMING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT |
| DELAYED RESPONSE FROM DELHI FIRE SERVICE | DELAYED RESPONSE FROM KOLKATA FIRE SERVICE |
| NO SMOKE MANAGEMENT | NO SMOKE MANAGEMENT |
| THERE WAS AN ILLEGAL TRANSFORMER IN THE GROUND FLOOR CAR PARKING AND CARS WERE PARKED IN EXCESS FROM WHERE THE FIRE HAD ORIGINATED | THE MANAGEMENT HAD STORED COMBUSTIBLE/INFLAMABLE MATERIAL IN THE BASEMENT FROM WHERE THE FIRE HAD ORIGINATED |