A hotel in northern China where deadly fire claimed 19 lives and injured 23 others over the weekend, failed numerous fire inspections in the past two years, Chinese media reported on Sunday.
The fire which cause is still unknown spread to three of the hotel’s four floors after it broke out on Saturday at 4:30 am.
“Beilong Hot Spring Leisure Hotel in the north-eastern city of Harbin, where the blaze broke out early on Saturday morning, failed four out of six fire inspections since Dec. 2017.
“Despite the hotel’s labyrinthine layout, numerous fire exit signs were not functioning while large sculptures blocked a major fire exit.
“The hotel was also lacking an adequate number of fire extinguishers. Previous visitors had also observed “piles of wood, plastic pipes, rubber mats and other flammable materials” around the hotel, the report said.
The cause of the fire is still unknown, but a hotel representative has been detained, the report added.
Accidents caused by shoddy construction and poor safety checks have been common during China’s rapid urbanisation in recent years.
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Source: Daily Independent
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