This building was only new at four years old. When something is new you quite rightly expect it to be better, safer. I have a four year old car. It’s just a small car but has every safety feature known to mankind to keep myself and others safe. I would expect nothing less for a new car these days. How can a building not have every safety feature known built in?
One can only imagine how many more casualties there would have been had this taken place in the middle of the night. At 25 metres tall no sprinklers but at 26 metres there are sprinklers. What a joke. There would be the same number of people in this building if it were 26 metres tall. Perhaps we need a star safety rating for new apartment blocks. We have one for cars. Just as one might pick a five star car to commute, could pick a five star building to live. Something has to happen. One life lost is one too many.