In such building, building owners must follow fire safety rules and install fire fighting equipment. High rise buildings must be equipped with heat detectors, flame detectors, rate-of-rise heat detectors, and smoke detectors, including ionization chamber smoke detectors and chemically sensitive smoke detectors. The law requires buildings to set up smoke detectors in each and every room. At the FR Tower fire incident, several people jumped off FR Tower and adjacent buildings as there were no escape routes. “According to the law, builders have to obtain approval from 11 authorities, including the Fire Service, but most do not.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 29, 2019 18:00 UTC