Taipei Fire Department inspectors yesterday use an aerosol spray to test smoke detectors at the Partyworld Cashbox KTV branch at the Pacific Sogo Department Store on Zhongxiao E Road in Taipei. Photo: Lin Cheng-kung, Taipei TimesThe Cashbox Partyworld branch had been inspected many times between 2018 and March 30, and had passed its twice-a-year safety inspections last month as well as in October last year, he said. The Construction Management Office and the Taipei Fire Department would impose the severest possible punishments if evidence of misconduct is found, he added. Taipei Deputy Mayor Vivian Huang (黃珊珊) said the plan is to complete all the KTV and movie theater inspections within a week. If the building’s sprinkler and smoke extraction systems had been working on Sunday, there might have been be fewer victims, Huang said.

Source: Taipei Times April 27, 2020 15:56 UTC