KARACHI: The city’s recent hotel fire was investigated and the results termed the management guilty.
According to details in the report, fire broke out in the kitchen on Monday midnight bu
t the management did not implement an alternate emergency plan. The kitchen staff informed the hotel security officer abou
t the fire – who tried t
o put it out with two other staff members.
The report further said tha
t the hotel should have had its own fire fighting team stationed in the hotel at all times – and a first aid team. The fire department was informed at least 30 minutes after the fire
erupted.
The report revealed that on
e person was killed a
t the ground floor, five were killed a
t the second flood, two a
t the seventh floor, another killed a
t the fifth floor and one body was recovered from a room the
next day. The report also stated tha
t the duty manager tried to rescue people and in the process lost his life.