ビル３万棟を緊急点検　大阪の火災受け要請―総務省消防庁

　大阪市北区の雑居ビル放火火災を受け、総務省消防庁は１９日、全国の消防本部に対し、同じような状況のビル約３万棟を対象に緊急点検を行うよう要請した。避難経路が確保されているかなどを立ち入り検査で確認し、避難経路となる階段に支障となる物が見つかった場合は、直ちに取り除かせるよう対応することを求めた。
　点検の対象は、大阪市のビルと同様に、３階以上に診療所など大勢の人が利用する施設が入居し、階段が一つしかないビル。今回の火災は４階にあるクリニックで発生。避難経路となる階段付近で出火し、建物内に煙や熱気が充満したことにより、多数の逃げ遅れが生じたとみられている。（2021/12/19-15:51）

Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency on Sunday asked fire headquarters across the country to carry out emergency safety inspections on some 30,000 buildings that resemble the building in the western Japan city of Osaka hit by a deadly arson attack on Friday.
   Through the on-site inspections, fire officials will check whether evacuation routes have been secured and perform other safety checks. In case obstacles are found on stairs that have to be used for evacuation during times of emergency, building operators will be asked to remove them immediately.
   To be subject to the inspections are buildings that have only one stairway and have tenants where many people gather on the third or higher floors, just like the fire-hit building in the city's Kita Ward.
   Friday's fire occurred at a clinic on the fourth floor of the Osaka building. The fire broke out near the stairway, which was part of the building's evacuation route. Smoke and hot air quickly filled the clinic and forced many to fail to escape.
   The agency plans to set up a panel of experts to discuss related safety measures.