Kanpur Shattered: Three Blasts and a Silence That Screamed

National News: What happened in Jajmau area of ​​Kanpur on Sunday night is not only a hallmark of human negligence, but also a painful example of administrative lethargy. Two people were killed in a fire in a residential building in a residential building, while several members of the same family were killed in a deadly fire.

It was not of bricks, it was a wall of careless

The building in which this accident happened was common in appearance-people lived above, leather shoes and slippers were made. But the difference was that every brick of this building was made up of ignoring the laws.
Neither fire exit, nor alarm system, nor any emergency lighting. This place was not a house, a time bomb - which burst on Sunday night.

Three blasts, one silence and finish breath

The fire started with a short circuit. Within a few minutes the smoke filled the entire building. Then a blast… then the second… and the third. People around could not understand what is happening in the shoe factory.

Danish on the third floor, his wife Nazrin and three innocent daughters - Sara (15), Simra (12), Inaya (7) - were stuck in smoke and fire. His screams probably did not listen to the walls.By the time the fire brigade came,it was too late.The first call was received at 12 o'clock at night. Four fire engines arrived, but the tight street and the height of the building made it difficult.The fire was overcome by one o'clock in the night. But once again, the fire surprised firefighters - again erupted at 1:20.

At 3 pm, the SDRF team came out with two bodies. Relief work reached four floors, but not even to the children's rooms - there was only smoke, and maybe now just ashes.

This was not an accident, but a crime

It was not just a fire - it was a failure of the system. In front of the eyes of the Municipal Corporation, without any approval, the factory running in a residential building is no less than a conspiracy.If there were arrangements to extinguish the fire, if there was an emergency exit in the building, perhaps Sara, Simra and Inaya would have been alive today.

No question now, need responsibility

Danish had last called his relative and informed about the fire. After that silence.
Today their screams are echoing in the entire system, not in the walls. The question is not how the fire broke out - the question is how long we will continue to burn like this
This story is not only of a family, but of the entire city which is breathing amidst illegal construction, ignoring rules and government silence.