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[flavius29663]

This to me sounds like another case of out of context "Europeans do this, so it must be better". From personal experience, the UK takes fire safety much more serious than the US: fire alarm tested every week, fire drills are made often and *for real*, fire doors everywhere, every kitchen has a fire blanket (not just an extinguisher), every building has 2 doors, every appliance has a plug with a fuse in the plug itself (btw, American plugs are a joke) etc.

Are you proposing to get rid of the second stairway alone, or are you going to bring all the other regulations too?

[mcguire → flavius29663]

This the same UK that had a scandal a while back about a high-rise fire caused by idiotic external cladding materials? :-)

[Symbiote → mcguire]

If breaking the regulations leads to prison for those responsible, it's working as best as it can.

(Legal cases, inquests etc continue.)

[fragmede → Symbiote]

Prison time won't bring back any of the 72 people that died.

[Symbiote → fragmede]

It never does, but what more could have been done?

The regulations existed and were illegally broken.