１３％が避難の支障となる物設置　大阪ビル放火受け検査―総務省消防庁

　総務省消防庁は２８日、大阪市北区で発生したビル放火事件を受けた類似ビルの緊急立ち入り検査の結果を公表した。実施した２万９２２９棟の１３％に当たる３８９４棟で、避難経路に段ボールやロッカーなど避難の支障となる物が置かれていた。このうち２１９６棟では既に撤去されたという。
　緊急検査は、消防庁が昨年１２月、全国の消防本部に実施を要請。不特定多数の人が立ち入る施設があり、避難のための屋内階段が一つしかない雑居ビルを対象に行い、２月上旬までに結果を報告するよう求めていた。（2022/02/28-18:13）

Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Monday that 13.3 pct of multi-tenant buildings across the country were found with objects such as boxes and lockers obstructing evacuation routes.
   Escapeways were blocked by such objects at 3,894 buildings, according to the results of emergency on-site inspections.
   Following a deadly arson attack on a multi-tenant building in downtown Osaka in December last year, the agency requested that fire departments throughout the country inspect similar buildings.
   Specifically, the departments have so far checked 29,229 buildings with facilities being visited by many people but having only one indoor emergency starecase.
   The inspections also found that cardboard boxes and other objects were placed in front of fireproof doors to prevent fires from spreading at 1,455 buildings, or 5 pct of the total.