At Noida factory where fire trapped 350, dead alarm, blocked exits

A week after a pre-dawn fire tore through a factory in Sector 4, trapping workers in upper floors filled with smoke and forcing some to jump to survive, a govt inspection has laid bare a chain of glaring safety failures at the unit. The inspection found non-functional smoke detectors, blocked internal passages and exit routes, unsafe storage of flammable material, and suspected electrical neglect at Capital Power Systems Limited, where one worker died and more than 35 were injured in the blaze on March 12. The fire broke out around 5.30am, when about […]