Blueprint For Disaster - S02E05 - Hong Kong Inferno

[tiagandremo]

go up and not down??? then when you are up there and the floors underneath are on fire and you cant get down then what??? jump off ? smart -_-

[ALEXIP1003]

in North america it's 911 but in Hong kong SAR its 999

[angrybirdsforever]

I was born in Hong Kong and i was only like 15 when that happened. I remember watching the news coverage on TV. Still haunted me to this very day.

[titanic5577]

whats a 3 alarm fire

[BellyLover06]

@titanic5577 I think it's like how many fire departments you're calling so a 3-alarm fire calls for 3 fire departments to the scene.

[angrybirdsforever]

@titanic5577

In Hong Kong, there are 5 levels of fire, the 1 level is the smallest fire, but the 5 level is the worst. 3 alarm fire is in the middle.

[snakes3425]

@angrybirdsforever

It's the same all over the world and as it depends on how many trucks and firefighters are called in, First Level/Alarm is the initial dispatch and is usually the largest dispatch, however if more trucks, equipment and firefighters are needed the commander calls in a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Alarm/Level, anything above a 5 Alarm/Level means calling in crews from neighboring departments since the Local department has to maintain crews for other emergencies

[snakes3425]

@titanic5577

It's what's known as a mulitple alarm fire. The Alarm number refurs to how many trucks and firefighters respond to the scene and it goes up as more trucks and firefighters are called in (3 Alarm requests 4 more Engine Companies, 2 more Ladder Companies, and 3 more Battalion Chiefs to respond)

[TheVolure]

I live there i was 6 years old.

[luna1632]

who in there right mind would think , oh theres a fire in the building, lets have a smoke on the roof?

[keiko909]

@luna1632 lol i had this same thought...

[tan8wh]

those helicopter pilots are amazing 

[tan8wh]

yeah it's annoying!!!

[fordtransit91]

the voice overmans voice is so annoying

[Anonymous52550]

@fordtransit91 Well, someone's gotta tell you what going on.

[edy043]

R.I.P. to all the victims, including the fireman who died in the rescue mission.

[Treblaine]

So in a nutshell:

Big fire on lower floor _ Smoke + heat + flame chimney up lift shaft _ start fire on top-floors (where doors were open to let sunlight in) _ smoke + heat leads to flashover

[chuchu36]

@Treblaine thanks for the summary. i almost have accidentally watched the whole 46:34mins video. whoooo. nevertheless, be careful for fire that could break out in this kind of tiny building in our daily life.

[Treblaine]

@chuchu36 well I felt the documentary explained it well but kind of failed to do a quick overview to clarify the chain of events.

[Treblaine]

It's official: Smokers are insane

[austinlinjiajing]

Oops smoking

[austinlinjiajing]

LOL "Let's take a smoke break first!" Just don't take anyway breaks when there is a emergency! You immediately evacuate!"So we started somking and think that the fire will be out soon." WTF!!

[ALuvLikeNoOther]

How silly can you be to run to the roof for a smoke when there is thick smoke in the halls and stairwells?? Bad decision making on their part, they are extremely blessed to be alive because that was just stupid. "oh there's smoke; it could be a fire. Oh well lets go smoke a cigarette" DOH!!

[uohcmik]

They need a more entertaining narrator, this guy is to monotonous for my likings

[psychobollox]

@hkmgd

qwerty112311 is obviously as thick as pigshite.. i suggest we block him. and he's apparently 32 ... hasn't the maturity of most 12 yr olds. a worthless piece of human wastage.

[kongsinchi1976]

Just a minor complaint of this episode: the emergency telephone number in Hong Kong is 999, not 911(as it states at08:15)

[qwerty112311]

@hkmgd Than those thousands of people are pussies.

[psychobollox]

@qwerty112311

DIAF...

[MrEverlook]

1:14 Man Shape*

[MrEverlook]

1:12 - 14 Man sharp victim burned at the fire.

Some newspapers include Apple Daily use this photo shot to do the cover.

[poodtang1]

@MrEverlook

That's really gross for them to do that.

[Truthseeker4449]

Nothing is worth your life.

[TheBoBepisodes]

We saw smoke..... Oh well let's go and have a smoke on the roof while this fire burns *triple facepalm*

[TheBoBepisodes]

They saw smoke...

[Irikron]

'We decided to go up to the roof for a smoke'

*face palm*

[LiamC123321]

Brilliant, thanks so much for all of these

[randychuah]

:) thx fr d upload