340 killed in inferno (Customers locked into burning supermarket)

Evening Standard ^ | 2 August 2004 | Chris Millar

[GVnana]

Thank goodnes for the public safety standards we employ in this country. (And our value of human life.)

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Thank goodnes for the public safety standards we employ in this country. (And our value of human life.)

We should send a bunch of our trial lawyers to Uraguay.

That'll fix 'em.

[Joe_October]

Sort of makes what is happening in Iraq with the Terrorists chump change.

[humblegunner]

Paco al Carbon redux ping.

[GVnana]

Well, what I meant was things like doors on public buildings opening outwardly so that more people can get out quickly in the case of an emergency, well-equipped fire departments, and building codes that require adequate pathways.

[Rebelbase]

"We should send a bunch of our trial lawyers to Uraguay. "

Kerry is having to restrain Edwards at this very moment.

[McGavin999]

Think of the kind of greed that would make a man lock the doors in a fire to keep people from paying. Just think about that for a minute.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Well, I know who gets my vote for the greediest bastard of the year.

[OXENinFLA]

I bet he's talking to his Lawyer.

Juan Pio Paiva, owner of the Ycua Bolanos supermarket, speaks on a mobile phone as he watches his building on fire on the outskirts of the Paraguayan capital, Asuncion, August 1, 2004. At least 215 people are confirmed dead and dozens more injured in the blaze which appears to have started from a gas explosion, trapping dozens of shoppers and workers inside. (PARAGUAY OUT) REUTERS

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Well, what I meant was things like doors on public buildings opening outwardly so that more people can get out quickly in the case of an emergency, well-equipped fire departments, and building codes that require adequate pathways.

I know that's what you meant.

Unfortunately, trial lawyers are more likely to happen than something that actually benefits people.

The state of our current health care system is an obvious example. Good doctors are being driven out of the profession because trial lawyers have learned to milk the system.

[ChuckShick]

Another reason, along with 1000 others, not to visit Paraguay.

[sarasota]

And we've got two trial lawyers as candidates. This speaks volumes for the Dems.

[justshutupandtakeit]

John Edwards reporting for duty suit in hand.

Seriously though this is just horrible. What a disaster!

[conservator]

This is actually history just repeating itself. Remember the notorious Triangle Fire Warehouse incident?

That's the one that sparked the labor and feminist movement for women.

I can hear the liberals now "Those dirty greedy store owners!"

[Liberty Valance]

340 people? Tragic and apparently preventable. Prayers for the families of the lost.

[Lijahsbubbe]

This is where people like Jessica Lange, Alec Baldwin and Michael Moore need to live.

[najida]

This is a heartwrenching story. And I hope the owner is charged with everyone's death.

[Paleo Conservative]

Think of the kind of greed that would make a man lock the doors in a fire to keep people from paying. Just think about that for a minute.

He did it because he could.

[dread78645]

Think of the kind of greed that would make a man lock the doors in a fire to keep people from paying.

"According to official reports, twenty-five (25) people died and another fourty-nine (49) were injuried as the result of a fire in the Imperial chicken processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina yesterday. Witnesses, at the scene, described panicked workers as screaming, "Let me out!....Let me out!", as they tried to kick open doors that were reportedly padlocked by the plant management to prevent vandalism and theft. Footprint indentations were evident on the inside of at least one door, that was seen to be locked from the outside."

FIRE VIOLATIONS KILL TWENTY-FIVE IN CHICKEN PLANT