article_snippet: London Fire Brigade said guests’ lives were put in jeopardy due to the shoddy conditions which were discovered inside The Radnor Hotel during an inspection in 2011.
article_snippet: London Fire Brigade said fire doors were missing (right) or tied open with electrical cords or string (left)
article_snippet: Fire safety officers were stunned when Fire safety officers toured the six-floor, 18-room hotel, on Inverness Terrace, to carry out a routine inspection.
article_snippet: Fire safety officers discovered numerous fire safety breaches, including inadequate fire detection systems, blocked emergency exits and inadequate emergency lighting.
article_snippet: Fire doors were missing or tied open with extension cords or string, there was evidence the basement store room was used for sleeping, and the owner had not conducted a fire risk assessment.
article_snippet: Salim Patel was given an enforcement notice, which required Salim Patel to address the safety concerns to make the hotel, on Inverness Terrace safer for guests, but follow-up visits found that no action had been taken, London Fire Brigade said.
article_snippet: the hotel, on Inverness Terrace continued to operate without a working fire detection system, so court proceedings were launched against the hotelier.
article_snippet: ‘absolute attention’ to fire safety when occupying sleeping accommodation.
article_snippet: Neil Orbell, head of fire safety regulation, said Salim Patel hopes the penalty serves as a deterrent for other hoteliers.
article_snippet: Salim Patel said: ‘Our fire safety officers carry out around 16,000 inspections every year to help ensure the capital's buildings are safe from fire.
article_snippet: This is the biggest fine Our have ever secured against an individual for breaking fire safety laws and breaking fire safety laws should send a message to all business owners that if all business owners are shirking all business owners fire safety responsibilities and putting the public at risk we won’t hesitate to prosecute.
article_snippet: ‘The size of the fine should also serve as a stark reminder that the court’s take fire safety just as seriously as we do.
article_snippet: We were a little alarmed at the fire emergency plan which was printed straight off the internet and put up without being filled in.
highlights_snippet: Fire safety violations were discovered during a routine inspection .
  