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07-06-2012, 08:06 PM
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| Unpaid Customers Denied Fire Escape at a Chinese Mall
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A man surnamed Xue who survived the fire told the newspaper that an air conditioner went on fire on the ground floor at about 3:30pm but a manager made a "stupid" decision to order guards to lock the doors at the two entrances.
The manager told the guards that only customers who had paid their bills could leave, and he arranged for other staff to put out the fire, Xue said.
But the fire spread quickly, the report said, and it was only after the ground floor filled with smoke that the manager told a guard to open the doors.
Firefighters were quickly on the scene, other witnesses said, but found the water pressure too low and they spent a lot of time adjusting their equipment. Meanwhile, clothes and cosmetics in the mall fueled the fire.
Witnesses also told the newspaper that some people were trapped on the third floor or higher and had to jump out of windows. Some men and women jumping off the building died at the scene, the report said.
"Some parents on the second floor desperately threw their babies from the building, asking other people to catch them," a witness said. "A female shop assistant jumped from the fifth floor but died at the scene."
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10 officially confirmed dead...rumor floating around that lots more are dead.
Right after the shark-fin ban news...I have lost faith in humanity again 10 victims named but rumors of 378 persist -- Shanghai Daily | 上海日报 -- English Window to China New | 
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07-06-2012, 08:07 PM
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Only in China....
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07-06-2012, 08:14 PM
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that guy is dead... whoever made that call is a dead man no way that'll fly unless he ran off already
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07-06-2012, 08:16 PM
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In China money > lives
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07-06-2012, 08:18 PM
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China is so fucked up..and I'm Chinese..
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07-06-2012, 08:24 PM
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07-06-2012, 10:15 PM
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Fried turtles and now this? 
Absolutely ridiculous
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07-06-2012, 10:32 PM
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please don't compare china to hong kong.
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07-07-2012, 12:54 AM
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07-07-2012, 01:30 AM
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If I was in the mall, I will probably get a fire extinguisher and chuck it at the security guards to gtfo.
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07-07-2012, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Bahhbeehhaaaa  please don't compare china to hong kong. | no one was instilling anything...
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07-07-2012, 09:06 AM
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that is just fucked up! people these days
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07-07-2012, 11:26 AM
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So there were literally thousands of people in the mall and people couldn't bum rush a couple guards (probably unarmed) if their life depended on it?
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07-07-2012, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by murd0c Only in China.... | And in other shitty countries, like Brazil. There was a case like that many years back, in which there was a fire at a supermarket, owner locked the doors to prevent theft. Half of the people inside died.
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07-07-2012, 02:55 PM
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If 378 people died, someone done goofed.
I don't know about you but if my restaurant is on fire, the last thing I'm thinking about is getting my money from the patron. That comes way after "OUTTA MY WAY, SUCKERS!"
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07-07-2012, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by BossFrancis In China money > lives | This pretty much sums up the thread. China is soo bad with human rights.
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07-07-2012, 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by yray If I was in the mall, I will probably get a fire extinguisher and chuck it at the security guards to gtfo. | or just pay off the guards to let you through.. lol
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07-07-2012, 04:57 PM
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china is fucked beyond belief..
sorry to say, no offense to any Chinese rs members.
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07-07-2012, 05:06 PM
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Okay, I quit commercial insurance many years ago but that would never happen here. Commercial insurance covers fire and theft so in the event of an emergency, fuck the stolen merchandise, get the people out of dodge asap.
Wouldn't and shouldn't the same be true in China? Because if so, then the owner's decision is doubly stupid if that's at all even possible at this point.
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In fact, I wonder if it would even me defined as "theft" legally and for insurance purposes, be covered as just another property loss congruent to the fire.
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07-07-2012, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr.C And in other shitty countries, like Brazil. There was a case like that many years back, in which there was a fire at a supermarket, owner locked the doors to prevent theft. Half of the people inside died. |
Something similar happened in New York Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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07-07-2012, 06:57 PM
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isn't there any insurance in china  ?
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07-07-2012, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by El Bastardo | that's fucked..so i guess this is just history repeating itself.
I never worked at a mall, but what happens when the fire alarm is pulled? I'm sure shoplifting becomes opportunistic but surely it's not worth it to lose people's lives over.
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07-08-2012, 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by El Bastardo | wow... so now china has to copy this shit too?
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07-09-2012, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by El Bastardo | 100 years ago. just saying.
So I guess the owner got out alive? Dude should be shot if he thought it was bad enough that he had to leave but kept others locked in
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07-09-2012, 10:38 AM
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^From the article, it said it was the manager's decision to lock the doors (unless it was authorized by the owner?).
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