Russian fire chief sacked over blaze
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December 9, 2009, Wednesday
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THE fire chief of a Russian city where a nightclub blaze killed 118 revelers was fired yesterday and authorities said fire records for the club appear to have been falsified.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, acknowledged that Russia's lax fire safety enforcement remains a problem and lambasted officials and businessmen for their irresponsibility in the weekend tragedy.
The blaze at the Lame Horse nightclub in the city of Perm broke out early Saturday when an indoor fireworks display ignited the ceiling, which was decorated with wooden branches. The blaze spread with shocking speed while the hundreds of patrons tried to flee through a single exit. Many of the victims succumbed to gases or were crushed in the throng.
The fire chief of the city of 1 million, some 1200 kilometers east of Moscow, was fired yesterday, Russian news agencies cited the Emergencies Ministry as saying.
About 130 people were hospitalized, scores of them with severe burns. Five of them died yesterday, bringing the death toll to 118, the emergencies ministry said.
In pre-dawn visit to Perm, Putin laid flowers near the site and held a meeting with local officials shot through with criticism and dismay.
Referring to safety rules, Putin said: "the businessmen in this case violated everything there was to violate. I don't understand how they could use in a closed room pyrotechnics that had direct instruction written on it in Russian: indoor use prohibited."
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, acknowledged that Russia's lax fire safety enforcement remains a problem and lambasted officials and businessmen for their irresponsibility in the weekend tragedy.
The blaze at the Lame Horse nightclub in the city of Perm broke out early Saturday when an indoor fireworks display ignited the ceiling, which was decorated with wooden branches. The blaze spread with shocking speed while the hundreds of patrons tried to flee through a single exit. Many of the victims succumbed to gases or were crushed in the throng.
The fire chief of the city of 1 million, some 1200 kilometers east of Moscow, was fired yesterday, Russian news agencies cited the Emergencies Ministry as saying.
About 130 people were hospitalized, scores of them with severe burns. Five of them died yesterday, bringing the death toll to 118, the emergencies ministry said.
In pre-dawn visit to Perm, Putin laid flowers near the site and held a meeting with local officials shot through with criticism and dismay.
Referring to safety rules, Putin said: "the businessmen in this case violated everything there was to violate. I don't understand how they could use in a closed room pyrotechnics that had direct instruction written on it in Russian: indoor use prohibited."
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