Old residential towers built before 1980 are not prepared for fires: “We may reach a catastrophe.” Some buildings do not have fire extinguishing systems, the cranes can not reach the higher floors: experts warn that older towers may become death traps, similarly to the fire in London.. Professor Alterman of the Neaman Institute stresses that in Israel, unlike other advanced economies, a residential towers are typically the home to 3 times as many children as in other countries and their evacuation would be especially problematic.
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