Seven Killed as Open Stairways Spread Fire in Los Angeles Hotel
NEARLY all municipal fire departments are faced with the problem of the transient hotel. Such hotels are located in the downtown or high value district of most cities and present a great life hazard problem as well as one of fire control and extinguishment.
Transient hotels cater mostly to men. Cheap nightly rates attract many downand-outers, most of them alcoholics. In other types of hotel or residence fires, the persons who find themselves surrounded by smoke and fire usually are able to reason a method of escape.
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