Huge fire in tower block in Dubai

[NorthernRaider]

Yes Dev not only did the alarms not go off but apparently the sprinklers failed as well, We have to be slightly more wary when travelling overseas outside of the EU as safety standards can be borderline to non existent in some countries, I guess we could prep a bit better by demanding rooms on the lower floors ( Ground and First) and unlike the scant attention we tend to pay to hotel safety when travelling in the UK I think we must be much more proactive when abroad and actually check out the escape routes, fire doors etc as soon as we check in and physically look at escape options not only if a fire broke out but if a terror attack got underway like happened in Tunisia. I once stayed in a Motel in the US that had blocked the fire doors in the dining room with big wheely cages of Laundry.