#building-safety

#building-safety

The accident happened due to a short circuit and many people have died, federal minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader G Kishan Reddy told reporters at the site of the accident. The director general of Telangana fire services, Y Nagi Reddy, told reporters that 21 people were in the three-story building when the fire started on the ground floor. 17 people, who were shifted to the hospital in an unconscious state, could not survive. The staircase was very narrow, which made escape difficult.

The more than 1,100 buildings marked as vulnerable 'need to be retrofitted in order to be safer in an earthquake.'

Unknown flaming objects are partly responsible for a fire that swept through a block of flats in Dagenham, leaving over 80 homeless. Residents were forced to flee after the Spectrum Building on Freshwater Road in Dagenham was engulfed in flames in the early hours of the morning on August 26 last year.

A large fire erupted in a tower block on Leman Street, south of Aldgate, affecting two flats, but no injuries have been reported.

The delay comes after developers said the tax could increase building costs and result in the government missing its target to build 1.5 million homes by 2030.

A spokesperson for the Five Rivers Bar Grill & Restaurant expressed regret over the closure, stating, 'We regret to inform our valued customers that our establishment is currently closed due to an ongoing dispute with the building landlords regarding the structural integrity and safety of the building.' The management reassured customers that they are monitoring the situation with support from local authorities.