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New Straits Times
05-09-2001
Are your grilles fire traps?
Edition: The City Advertiser; 2*
Section: Events

IN our effort to safeguard ourselves and our belongings from thieves and robbers, we inadvertently sign suicide notes when we install iron grilles on every door and window.

By installing fixed grilles, we are not only keeping danger out - we keep ourselves in. Routes of escape are permanently barred.
There have been numerous cases where neighbours could not get into the burning house to rescue occupants because grilles were in the way.

The Fire and Rescue Department recommends that ...

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