October 1st, 2007 by Christy Jaye
Udec's Historical Safety Moment
Historical Moment: The 2005 Shantou Hotel Fire
A fire engulfed the Huanan Hotel in Shantou on June 10, 2005. It killed 31 people, and left 21 injured of which four were seriously injured. Authorities describe it as one of the worst blazes in the China’s southern Guangdong province since 1994.
According to an investigation […]
October 1st, 2007 by Christy Jaye
Udec's Historical Safety Moment
Historical Moment: The 1970 Club Cing-Sept Fire
A ghastly fire at a nightclub in France on November 1, 1970, wiped out nearly a generation of young people from a nearby village. A total of 147 lives were claimed where only 60 of the 180 people in the building are believed to have […]
October 1st, 2007 by Christy Jaye
Udec's Historical Safety Moment
Historical Moment: The 1957 Katie Jane Nursing Home Fire.
A fire, considered the worst ever at a U.S. nursing home, killed 72 patients at the Katie Jane Nursing Home in Warrenton, Missouri on February 17, 1957.
It started on a Sunday afternoon in a linen closet on the first floor of the annex, one of two […]
