Fire in Kemerovo: Corruption with fire hazard

There is a system behind the fire catastrophe in the Siberian Kemerovo: corruption and routine in Russia repeatedly lead to serious, fatal fire accidents.

Fire in Kemerovo: Corruption with fire hazard
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  • Page 1 — Corruption with fire hazard
  • Page 2 — The population has no confidence in local politicians
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    First, DieWut was quite noisy. Then came grief. On day four after fire catastrophe VonKemerowo city now looks like stunned. On Tuesday, Versammeltensich hundreds of inhabitants in Soviet square in center of Siberian industrial city to demand enlightenment. Then funerals followed as in chord, fresh graves and lush wreaths of flowers. While some had ir tears run free, or survivors waited until y were turn of ir coffins. At least 63 people are killed according to official information in Burning department store, most of m children.

    Half a week after accident, shock continues to be deep, because circumstances are hardly to be grasped until now. The cause of fire has not yet been clarified. It crystallizes, however, that at least significantly fewer people would have to die if simplest Brandschutzvorkehrungenbefolgt had been found. According to current investigation, a whole cascade of VonFehlern has worsened disaster.

    A department store without approval

    Many children, according to eyewitness witnesses, were in one of Kinosäleeingeschlossen during fire, because employees of cinema had locked doors. Numerous emergency exits were also closed or delivered. As a now arrested employee of security service of shopping center said, fire alarm was issued after repeated false alarms, so that no siren sounded. and DasKatastrophenschutzministerium shared that mall had not met GeltendenBrandschutzvorschriften and had no license.

    Why could it still work unscad? Why were possible defects of defect unnoticed? PräsidentWladimir Putin eineAntwort on se questions shortly after his arrival in Kemerovo on Tuesday: "Without money, you can't get a certificate. For money you get everything Möglicheunterschrieben. "

    The department store brand may also be a concatenation of unfortunate circumstances – but above all it highlights fact that sloppiness and Korruptiondiese concatenation make it possible. Russia is one of countries with most deaths from fire worldwide. Last year, according to official statistics, almost 7,800 people died of fire. The number has sukzessiveverringert in past years. Just under 20 years ago, it was well twice as many as today.

    Neverless, number of fire deaths remains exorbitantly high. As statistics of International Fire-fighting Association CTIF shows, in Russia per 100,000 inhabitants die six times more Menschenals in USA. Comparable high numbers of victims come from countries such as Algeria or India.

    Date Of Update: 30 March 2018, 12:03
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