Blueprint For Disaster - S02E05 - Hong Kong Inferno

The 1996 Garley building fire was a fire incident that took place on 20 November 1996 in the 16-story Garley commercial building (traditional Chinese: 嘉利大廈) located at 233-239 Nathan Road, in Jordan, Hong Kong. It was a catastrophe that caused the loss of 41 lives and 81 injuries. It is considered the worst building fire in Hong Kong during peacetime. The fire damaged the bottom two floors and the top three floors of the building, while the middle floors remained relatively intact.

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• Blueprint For Disaster
• 1996 Garley building fire
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• inferno
• thick smoke

[luna1632]

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

[fordtransit91]

the voice overmans voice is so annoying

[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

[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 -_-

[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)

[ALEXIP1003]

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

[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.

[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.

[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.

[Anonymous52550]

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

[titanic5577]

whats a 3 alarm fire