a “lack of safety and security measures” at the venue.
It's 2023, we need to do better. There are vast resources available for dealing adequate fire escapes. There are some officials that need to have their day in court over this.
this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2023
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Participants have a responsibility in fire safety as well.
If you're setting off uncontrolled amateur pyrotechnics indoors, there is no fire suppression system I can design and no escape routes I can plan, that will guarantee occupant safety.
You can't design safety measures for stupid, that's for sure.
Who's "we"?
Arsonists
These days it's mostly backwards developing world countries that put all the money towards appearances and take shortcuts when it comes to safety. cough cough China cough
But still more developed countries are guilty of this too. Fascinating Horror does excellent 10 minute videos on disasters caused by negligence, and the following regulations that get put into place to prevent the same thing in future.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
There was no official word on the cause of the blaze, but the Kurdish television news channel Rudaw aired footage showing pyrotechnics shooting flames up from the floor of the event and setting a chandelier aflame.
Other footage shown on other local television networks appeared to show the bride and groom on the dance floor when the fire began Tuesday night, stunned by the sight of the burning debris.
Families often invite hundreds of relatives and members of the broader community, spending heavily on spectacular ceremonies with elaborately decorated halls, music and entertainers, often including pyrotechnics.
A Health Ministry official, speaking to The Associated Press at midday Wednesday on condition of anonymity as he did not have authorization to talk to journalists, put the death toll at 92, with 101 people still receiving medical treatment.
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani ordered an investigation into the fire and asked the country’s Interior and Health officials to provide relief, his office said in a statement online.
Civil defense officials quoted by the Iraqi News Agency described the wedding hall’s exterior as decorated with a highly flammable type of “sandwich panel” cladding that is illegal in the country.
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