Exit Signs and The 2006 Moscow Hospital Fire
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Historical Moment: Moscow Hospital Fire
The 2006 Moscow hospital fire occurred on December 9th in Hospital No. 17, a drug addict rehabilitation center in Southern Moscow, Russia.
The pre-dawn fire started in a kitchen located at the end of a corridor on the second floor when a wooden cabinet suddenly caught fire. The woman’s ward of the hospital on the same floor, quickly filled with smoke. All people in the ward were trapped, as the main emergency exit was barred by a locked gate. The only other exit was rendered unusable by thick smoke.
All windows in the hospital were shut and locked. The staff had the keys to open these windows, but it appears they did not have the time to do so. A call was made to the fire department at 1:30 a.m., but by the time firefighters arrived, all 45 of the trapped women, including two hospital workers, were dead.
Most of the victims were killed by suffocation from the smoke, with some fatalities attributed to burns. The situation was made worse by toxic fumes emitted from burning plastic wall coverings.
The hospital had been inspected by fire inspectors in February and in March of the same year. The result of the March inspection was a recommendation that the facility be temporarily closed due to fire safety violations.
46 people died in this fire. 160 people were evacuated from the building. Arson is suspected.
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