Tel Aviv, Israel – Late Monday night, wahala burst for Azrieli Town tower wey dey for Midtown. Fire gree chop the 22nd floor, and na eight fire crews quickly rush there like say dem dey chase ambulance.
Investigators don suspect say na cigarette wey dem light for balcony start the whole drama. I mean, who sabi smoking wey no fit follow rule? (No be say we dey encourage am, oh!). Firefighters, sabi people wey too dey follow protocols, evacuate the building wey get 50 floors for more than half an hour. Dem catalyze alarms wey dey sound like ‘boil, boil, boil!’
But no be only the fire dey vex people, as some residents wey dey their high floors gree waka down stair with their pets like dem dey run Olympic race. E no easy as rain dey pour on top dem. Wetin dem do to deserve this kind drama?
Thank God say no casualties report land our side. But e fit shock you to know say dis fire na just one of the many wey don happen lately for high-rise buildings. Just last November, fire wey occur razed seven residential towers, kill more than 159 people. Na serious estate disaster wey rack up for city history.
After that disaster, authorities catch some construction officials wey dem say dey chop money for negligence and manslaughter matter. Dem wey dey use flammable materials gats and dey increase fire hazard for high-rise sitting down like bad belly for food. As fire code enforcement don increase, people dey call for serious reforms like nobody’s business.
As we dey quench the fire of this one, make we dey watch how our high rises go manage future wahala. Fire no suppose be regular visitor for our tower homes. How many times we go dey enter ‘alarm’ mode before dem go understand say na serious matter we dey face?
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