Hong Kongs fatal fire fire finger internal structure changes to increase rescue

A fire caused by fires in Huafeng Building in Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong, causing casualties. Firefighters said that the building involved did not apply to change the internal structure to increase rescue difficulties.

According to the Hong Kong News Agency, Lin Jianjun, commander of the Kowloon South Division of the Fire Department, said on Thursday (April 11) that there were three stairs in the building, and one of them had almost no thick smoke from time to time.The stairs escaped through this stairs; the main stairs close to the entrance of the main entrance were seriously affected by thick smoke, and residents could not escape from this stairs.

Firefighters found that the fire door of the main staircase department near the entrance of the main entrance was damaged, which is also one of the reasons for a large number of smoke.

Fire investigation records found that the last inspection of Huafeng Building was February 9th. Lin Jianjun pointed out that the problem was not found at the time, but during this rescue process, the fire protection annual inspection of the building had expired.Further enforcement operations.

According to another report, after the fire, Ms. Cheng, a resident of Huafeng Building, reported that her 90 -year -old mother and domestic helper lived on the 10th floor of the building.It was reported to the management office that the corridor of the building was blocked by miscellaneous objects, but it was not reasonable.

Another resident Ms. Dong said that during the five years of living, I have never seen someone checking the fire equipment on the floor."" ".

A Huafeng Building, an old commercial and residential building in Yinwang District, Yongwang District, Hong Kong. On Wednesday (April 10), a rare fire in recent years occurred, causing 41 deaths of five deaths.Huafeng Building was completed in 1964. There are 15 floors of the building and 229 units.

Liang Wenguang, a member of the Kowloon Western Legislative Council, said in an interview with Lianhe Zaobao that in recent years, the Fire Department has been strengthening the implementation of the old building fire safety instructions, but the number of the building has been lowBuried hidden concerns.He called on the Hong Kong Government to inspect the old commercial and residential buildings operated by the hotel as soon as possible, and check whether the fire equipment and escape instructions of the building are sufficient.