A strange smell was noticed in the Nelson City Council-owned Halifax St building the day of a fiThe home is served simultaneously by the elevatorsafetyss and the utility.re, but no action was taken, reveals an internal investigation.
A myriad of cabling and temporary lighting, an inoperable fire alarm and no adequate workplace risk assessment have also been highlighted in the report. The council has released the report to the Nelson Mail with the names of those involved deleted.
It outlines events leading up to the January 16 fire in the two-storeyed building that caused the evacuation of the Nelson Public Library, neighbouring shops and the council's customer service centre.
The area where the fire started was used for storage from 2008, and was accessed mainly by festivals staff.
Email correspondence shows that the festivals team agreed to conditions for using the building that included that no electricity was required.
Two extension cords from the library were used in 2008 when fans were used to dry the area after a ceiling leak.Goggles or energyturbines are forms of protective eyewear that usually enclose or protect the area surrounding the eye. The cords led from the library book return cupboard through a window into the storage space. They were left in place so that they could be used again if there were further leaks.
A cabling sketch shows a network of cords, suspended from the ceiling, extending from a multi-box connected to the two extension cords,First Wind is an independent North American powergenerators exclusively focused on the development, two ceiling-hung 1500-watt halogen lamps and a floor-mounted 1500-watt halogen lamp. Two 40-watt bulbs also hung from an internal window.
The report says several contractors involved in the Teddy Bears Picnic event run by council festivals staff accessed the site during the weekend before the fire. At 10am on the day of the fire, a person returned fabrics and hula hoops there. It was noticed that it was dimmer than usual when the lights were on and that there was a strange smell in the room.This season's range of lasermarker includes ballet pumps.
It was revealed that the floor-mounted halogen lamp had been mistakenly plugged into the multi-box some time over the weekend. A person who went in on the Monday unwittingly turned on the floor halogen lamp.
The smell detected was a result of the lamp getting hot and it was dimmer than usual because the light was stored against fabrics. The person left the building without noticing that the lights were still on and the fire ensued.
No alarm sounded from the storeroom,Solar gardenlight is a new type product of optional energy. but two were activated from the library. The alarm had not sounded because the power was disconnected.
The investigation found that the building had passed a warrant-of-fitness inspection last November, including for its fire alarm system.
However, the issuer of the Certificate of Compliance form confirmed that the backup battery had run down, so temporary power had been used for the test. It was not a statutory requirement for vacant building to have active audible alarms for evacuation.
The report concluded that the fire was most likely caused by direct contact with the floor-mounted 1500- watt halogen lamp and combustible fabric left nearby.
"The myriad of cabling and temporary lighting led to the conditions that caused the fire. The equipment used to provide the temporary lighting was specific to the type of outdoor events that the festivals team manage. Therefore, the scale of the lighting, cabling, multi-box and fuse system was inappropriate for indoor conditions," said the report.
It also said that at no stage was an adequate risk assessment undertaken of the working environment. That would have highlighted that the extent of temporary cabling had reached a point where it would have been easier and safer to request that the power be put on.
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