In Cuba Libre bar he met the regulatory safety standards? This is the question that officers of the departmental security of Seine-Maritime will tie in their investigations as part of an investigation of “the causes of death” after the death of 13 people in the night from Friday to Saturday in a fire. All aged between 16 and 25 years, they died of asphyxiation.
In the afternoon of Saturday, the deputy prosecutor of Rouen explained that this tragedy, the worst ever known in France since 2005, was the result of an accident. “Someone came down with a birthday cake with candles and fell down the stairs,” he explains. Lawrence Labadie said that this incident resulted in “candles projections on the walls and on the ceiling.” “There was an immediate ignition and spread of gas” likely fatal.
involved coating materials?
How to explain such a rapid fire? “It is not so much the candles on a cake that is a problem, it is the environment, analysis BFMTV Philippe Schultz, fire safety expert. Candles and a cake should not be likely to ignite an environment such a place. ” The specialist, pending the outcome of the judicial inquiry, then looks for a dangerous material.
“Inevitably, if the fire spread quickly, is that some of these materials n ‘may not have all the required criteria, “Pascal Belhache bids, court expert in fire. In France, the regulation of safety standards for public buildings differs according to size. But whatever the capacity of the flooring materials, wall and ceiling must have certain “qualities” the expert continues.
An establishment that receives little world
the establishment in Cuba Libre belong to category 5, according to France 2. He therefore could not accommodate more than 100 people in the basement, 200 on the ground floor. He also had the sufficient number of fire extinguisher, the owner had he reported any changes or additional hardware? Taverns of the size of that of Rouen should for example be provided “at least one portable fire extinguisher”, their “releases (doors, hallways, corridors, stairs, railings) must allow rapid and safe evacuation of establishment “, told AFP the Directorate General of civil security and crisis management.
to enforce the law, control commissions, under the aegis of the prefectures, are being up with safety inspections after which are issued favorable or unfavorable opinion to the continued operation. “Unfortunately there are still people trying to circumvent regulations between two safety visits – sometimes planned, sometimes unannounced,” comments does one TSDMB
The organization explains that. an establishment can receive little public at little risk of being controlled again he respected the rules first. “This is a facility that is not controlled since it receives little world and normally when there are few people a facility of this kind should be evacuated quickly, sorry Yvon Robert, mayor of Rouen. It seems they did not measure the cake and candles could cause the fire but also gases that contribute to suffocate. “
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