A dramatic headline?

The news is full with such scores of people killed and injured in markets, public squares and high streets especially with the wars in Afganistan, Irak and the many conflicts around the world.

While we might be used to such news from these zones of conflict we should still be shocked if happens in a peaceful place with only shoppers fighting for bargains.

No one should die in a shop, department store or mall when a fire breaks out. The precautions that can be taken to prevent fires in retail spaces and if it happens to evacuate people have been well developed and can be employed in any part of the world.