Georgia’s Emergency Management Service demands suspension of Welmonde hotel operation
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The Emergency Management Service of Georgia demands the suspension of the operations of the former Leogrand Hotel in the Black Sea town of Batumi which is now operating as Welmonde Hotel and Casino.
Specialists carried out a technical inspection in the building three times in 2018. 43 recommendations were issued, the majority of which remained unfulfilled.
Eleven people have died and 21 injured during the fire in Leogrand hotel in 2017. Ten of them were Georgian citizens and one was Iranian.
The fire broke out as there was no smoke alarm systems in the hotel last year. Today, the Emergency Management Service of Georgia claims that the hotel still does not have the relevant safety standards, as it is not equipped with the automatic fire and smoke alarms systems to avoid tragic consequences.
Two people may face detention for violating safety standards that caused a fire at the Leogrand Hotel in Batumi last November.
In recognition of the dozens of people who died during the fire at Leogrand Hotel in Georgia's seaside town of Batumi, November 27 has been declared as a day of mourning. Georgia's Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili announced the government is mourning the tragedy alongside other citizens.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili landed in Batumi, Adjara from Brussels yesterday as a fire broke out in Leogrand Hotel killing 11 people.
Eleven people have died and 21 injured during yesterday’s fire in Georgia’s seaside town of Batumi. Ten of them were Georgian citizens and one – Iranian, the Interior Ministry says. A fire broke out at Leogrand Hotel in Batumi last evening. Fire-fighters from the western regions of Guria, Samegrelo and Imereti helped extinguish the fire.
The Georgian Emergency Management Service says that the five-star hotel Welmond in Georgia’s coastal Batumi city must close at 6pm tomorrow, as the hotel failed to meet the safety standards after the deadly blaze last year which claimed 11 lives.