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[wendelina2]

Extinguishers banned as a fire hazard

Fire extinguishers could be removed from communal areas in flats throughout the country because they are a safety hazard, it has emerged.

The life-saving devices encourage untrained people to fight a fire rather than leave the building, risk assessors in Bournemouth decided.

You just can't make this shit up.

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[lianthe]

You know, we have 15 fire extinguishers in the Wardrobe building, but it is not our policy to put out fires. We have been informed to use them only to clear a path out of the building, not to actually try to extinguish the fire. They figure that our building is so old and so stuffed to the rafters full of flammable items (several gross tons of costumes live in there, after all) that the building is lost no matter what, and the only priority is to save the lives of the people who may be inside.