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Safety training and technological fixes can cut the massive death toll from fires each year

Safety training and technological fixes can cut the massive death toll from fires each year Nearly all major Indian cities have a brush with destructive but often preventable accidental fires each year, leaving in their wake lost lives and destroyed property. The blaze in the Eastern Railway headquarters in Kolkata on the evening of March 8, which killed at least nine people, is particularly egregious because it took place in a modern multi-storeyed special building. What the preliminary account of the fire and its aftermath suggests is a textbook case of poor attention to fire safety basics...

Smoke rises from the Atlas Fire in Wooden Valley, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic) Green Valley Fire Safety Council could be model for others GREEN VALLEY — Thomas Johnston admits to having been a little embarrassed by the condition of his property. He said the property on Brae Court probably had been neglected for 40 years before he bought it nearly six years ago, but had not improved under his ownership. Johnston, an inspector for the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health in San Francisco, said he simply did not have the financial resources to hire a ser...