"Banners" broke out in Hanoi apartment buildings after Carina fire

For the past two consecutive days, residents of the high-end Hei Tower building (No. 1, Nguy Nhu Kon Tum, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi) have hung banners protesting the investor, many of which are related to the building's fire safety.

According to residents living here, the rooftop is a communal area but the investor did not hand it over to residents but gave it to another unit to run a restaurant. Residents said that this affects fire safety.

After the recent fire at Carina Plaza building in Ho Chi Minh City that killed 13 people, residents and the project management board went to check the fire exits and fire protection system and found some problems such as faulty fire alarm systems, non-functioning fire exits, and malfunctioning fire exits... These problems were reported but the investor responded slowly, causing people to be upset and worried.

Similarly, residents of the Song Da building (Ha Dong) also took to the streets to protest against the shortcomings of the fire prevention and fighting system on March 31.

Previously, on March 25, at Capital Garden Building 102 Truong Chinh, many households gathered in the lobby of the building, hanging banners and signs asking the investor to inspect fire prevention and fighting. The project was handed over at the end of 2017 but to date, fire prevention and fighting has not been inspected.

Meanwhile, since the handover, there has been a fire on the 15th floor of the building, and the building’s fire alarm system did not work. Residents have repeatedly hung banners to pressure the investor, but the issue has not been resolved.

At the Golden West project (Nhan Chinh, Thanh Xuan) on March 27, residents also gathered to report the unfinished state of many fire prevention and fighting items, while 400 households had moved in. Some fire prevention and fighting components were even in a "cracking" state, such as: fire hydrants had no water, pumps did not work... The project was handed over at the end of 2016, but the fire prevention and fighting system had not yet been accepted. Meanwhile, the investor, Vietnam Trade and Development Joint Stock Company (Vietradico), also leased basement B1 space as a cinema and restaurant.

Submit petition to authorities a few days in advance,Representatives of residents of Trang An Complex Apartment (Phung Chi Kien, Cau Giay) also said that since the discussionThe handover date was the end of 2016, residents have repeatedly requested transparency about the fire prevention system and to conduct drills for residents, but the investor has not responded. As a result, there have been 4 large and small fires.

The most recent fire lasted for 5 minutes on March 20. However, according to residents, from the time the fire broke out until it was completely extinguished, residents did not hear the fire alarm go off.

"This has caused residents living in Trang An Complex to worry, wonder and question the effectiveness of the fire prevention and fighting system being used in the apartment building," said a resident representative.

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Vinh Street apartment building is in fear of fire

(Baonghean.vn) - The subjectivity and lack of responsibility in fire prevention and fighting (PCCC) work of investors and the poor awareness of residents in high-rise apartment buildings in Vinh city are currently very alarming.

However, the project investor is Trang An Global Investment Company Limited.Explain the operating principle of the fire protection system here.receive fire alarm signal on the system at the central cabinet first, accordingly,Central control room staff can easily identify the location of the fire.

When the incident occurred on March 20 at an apartment, the fire was extinguished by an activated automatic fire extinguisher. The central staff isolated the fire alarm signal, isolated the elevator pressurization signal... to avoid causing panic and disruption to the residents' lives.

Ifwithin 3 minutes, if not handled, the fire alarm will be activated throughout the building, at which point the sound system will sound the evacuation loudspeaker.However, in vOn March 20, the fire was extinguished by the automatic fire protection system in less than a minute.Before the above incident, on March 25, the investor organized a meeting between representatives of residents and the building management board./.