building safety standards

Gas explosion in Tbilisi kills five

By | July 15th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , |

(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A gas explosion in a suburb of Tbilisi on Tuesday killed at least five, and injured eight. Two girls are in hospital in a serious condition. The accident happened in the evening, in building 2 in the sixth micro district of Gldani, a suburb in the western […]

Fatal hotel fire raises questions about building safety standards

By | May 13th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

A cafe caught fire in Batumi Wednesday morning. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia is facing another challenge – fire safety in buildings – after three boys died in a hotel fire in Kobuleti, a town on the Black Sea coast, a few days ago. Wednesday morning there was a fire at a café in Batumi. No-one […]