There is little one can say when a place of rescue, refuge and rehabilitation becomes a danger zone itself. KEM Hospital - a sanctuary for victims of the Kamala Mills blaze - is a potential fire trap itself, without the requisite safety measures in place. A front-page report in this paper highlighted how KEM has blocked exits, expired fire extinguishers and a staff that is clueless about what to do if disaster were to strike.

More than 6,000 people visit KEM every day, and the hospital is a maze of passages and wards, with no clear directions to the exit. There is limited mobile service inside the complex, and many of the phone booths installed there are dysfunctional. Most fire extinguishers had expired in 2016. Emergency exits lead to places where staff dump unused stuff or dry their clothes. The list can go on.