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measures in the restaurant significantly contributed to the death toll. The emergency exits located on the first and second floor were blocked off by bricks and corrugated metal, respectively. While there was another exit on the third floor that led to a parking garage, restaurant employees had left
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and other safety standards. The
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at the adjacent No. 56 that was also owned by the restaurant. The restaurant was a three-story building: the first two floors were dining spaces, and the third was used as an office.
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the building without notifying the customers of that exit, leading the remaining people to crowd towards the second-floor window. However, they were unable to break the
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karaoke box beside the restaurant made it difficult for responders to reach the building and put out the fire. The fire took roughly two hours to be extinguished.
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because they struck the middle of the pane instead of the corners. Emergency services responded quickly since the restaurant was near a fire station, but the
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led to a fire on the first floor bar near the stairs to the second floor. The flames quickly engulfed the staircase and spread along the wooden furnishing.
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also pointed to the lack of lateral communication between government agencies that allowed them to shift responsibilities among each other.
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640 million as compensation. Four government officials were
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name of the establishment uses the word "restaurant".
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