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Poor safety plans to blame for 2009 Nakumatt inferno that took 30 lives

The downtown building known as Woolworths was owned by a Mr Patel. Nakumatt had leased the building for 20 years from 1995. [Courtesy]

A Nakumatt fire that killed 30 people in 2009 did not have a human hand, but several critical fire protection and fighting blunders made a dire situation worse.

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