Deadly Ngau Tau Kok blaze prompts peak body safety reminder
The Self Storage Association Asia has distributed posters warning members and customers of prohibited items in the wake of the June SC Storage fire, which took the lives of two firefighters
The peak body for self-storage providers in Asia has issued a stern reminder of prohibited activities to operators and users in an effort to avoid a repeat of the deadly Ngau Tau Kok blaze.
Self Storage Association Asia (SSAA) circulated posters to its members yesterday listing banned activities such as sleeping, cooking, pet keeping, the storage of flammable items, batteries and other dangerous goods.
Luigi La Tona, executive director at the association, said the posters were released as a clear reminder to operators and users of the safety guidelines.
“It has always been in the contract between users and operators to state what is not allowed to be stored,” La Tona said. “Now we made it much clearer.”
La Tona said customers could have their contracts terminated and deposits forfeited if found to be in breach of the guidelines.
“The fire has raised our level of awareness and it [the guidelines] need to be very strict,” he said.
The posters were circulated to all 20 of the SSAA’s Hong Kong member organisations.
