53% more fires in high-rises
( 2003-11-04 17:06) (China Daily)
The incidence of fire in the city's high-rise buildings increased by 53.8 per
cent over the same period last year, according to the Shanghai Firefighting
Bureau, Shanghai Youth Daily reports.
In some cases, the property management company had switched off a building's
automatic fire hydrant or fire truck ladders were not tall enough to scale the
skyscrapers, keeping firefighters from bringing blazes under control in a timely
manner.
According to the bureau, 148 fires occurred in tall residential blocks in the
first nine months of the year, accounting for 58.5 per cent of the total fires
in high-rise buildings.
Some property companies shut off automatic fire hydrants, which should remain
on 24 hours a day, to save on costs.
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