they didn't work well, the doors were either closed or didn't open the right way, and they didn't even have any kind of indication so that those further away from the theater could easily look for the door. All these violations have put the manager under accusation. But none of them were ever punished. And due to the huge amount of casualties, the doors were then rigged so that they could open from the inside regardless of the situation, and signs were placed above them indicating that the doors were in this direction (as the law would dictate ). Winecoff Hotel FireThis fire occurred on December 7, 1946 at Do......middle of paper......the pectors had determined that the reason the fire had spread rapidly was due to many structural defects and of design. Wires not grounded properly, a fire alarm that never sounded or beeped. The stairwell that was a critical escape route was filled with smoke. Other defects located in the air conditioning systems, all factors that favored the spread of smoking. Despite 83 building code violations, no one was ever punished for the lives lost. Subsequently, the hotel was under reconstruction and the fire department had ordered the hotel to pay $192,000 to install sprinklers in the casino floor; the Clark County building official had rejected the fire department's accusation. The authorities had then said that it would be better to install automatic sprinkler systems because they could have avoided the loss of many lives and disaster in the hotel. Even after

Topic > they didn't work well, the doors were either closed or didn't open the right way, and they didn't even have any kind of indication so that those further away from the theater could easily look for the door. All these violations have put the manager under accusation. But none of them were ever punished. And due to the huge amount of casualties, the doors were then rigged so that they could open from the inside regardless of the situation, and signs were placed above them indicating that the doors were in this direction (as the law would dictate ). Winecoff Hotel FireThis fire occurred on December 7, 1946 at Do......middle of paper......the pectors had determined that the reason the fire had spread rapidly was due to many structural defects and of design. Wires not grounded properly, a fire alarm that never sounded or beeped. The stairwell that was a critical escape route was filled with smoke. Other defects located in the air conditioning systems, all factors that favored the spread of smoking. Despite 83 building code violations, no one was ever punished for the lives lost. Subsequently, the hotel was under reconstruction and the fire department had ordered the hotel to pay $192,000 to install sprinklers in the casino floor; the Clark County building official had rejected the fire department's accusation. The authorities had then said that it would be better to install automatic sprinkler systems because they could have avoided the loss of many lives and disaster in the hotel. Even after