Education and information in the
\nfield of safety and disaster prevention is still scarce in Romania, and the
\nsystem for training professionals in charge of enforcing safety regulations is
\nflawed. On the other hand, by ignoring potential safety threats, many employers
\nput the lives of their employees at risk, says the vice-president of the Romanian
\nAssociation for Safety Technology, Stelian Arion.<\/p>\n
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Stelian Arion: They don’t see the importance of safety.
\nOrganization leaders have this tendency of cutting spending in this field.
\nCutting safety expenses, negligence and other oversights, might lead to a
\ndisaster as big as the one at the Coletiv nightclub. The disaster there was
\ncaused by a sequence of mistakes. <\/p>\n
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Due to the layout of the building
\nand the improper materials used inside the club, the 400 people attending a
\nrock concert on October 30 at the Colectiv nightclub in Bucharest stood little
\nchances of surviving the fire, which lasted for 153 seconds. This is one of the
\nconclusions of a report issued by the Institute for Mining Safety and
\nAnti-blast Protection in Petrosani. The document retraces every second of the
\ntragedy that left 64 people dead, caused by the fireworks used in the concert
\nheld by the rock band Goodbye to Gravity. Specialists with the
\naforementioned Institute claim the fireworks burned for 15 seconds, enough for
\na spark to ignite a soundproofing pillar in the building. <\/p>\n
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The blaze quickly
\nengulfed the entire ceiling 9 seconds later, the fire being fuelled by the
\nventilation system. 23 second later the heavy smoke clogged the airshafts, and
\nthe two doors of the club were opened. Another 10 seconds later a deadly mix of
\ngases descended from the ceiling to the public. It took only 72 seconds for the
\nclub to be completely engulfed in a black and yellowing smoke, and 102 seconds
\nfor the flames to reach 1 meter above the floor, very close to the people who
\nwere still inside. At 113 seconds the flames and the smoke started to clear
\nnaturally as a result of the two doors getting open. <\/p>\n
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These technical
\nconclusions of the report represent an important piece of evidence in the criminal
\ninvestigation involving the Colectiv club owners and the company that set up
\nthe pyrotechnical show that evening, charged with manslaughter. The three are
\nnot the only ones indicted in the case. Military prosecutors with the National
\nAnti-Corruption Directorate have also prosecuted two employees of the
\nInspectorate for Emergency Situations for their illegal certification of the
\nColectiv club and for failing to perform routine safety checks. The former
\nmayor of Bucharest District 4 as well as two employees of the City Hall are
\nalso being accused of abuse of office and accessory to abuse of office
\nrespectively. <\/p>\n
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