FDNY Cracks Down on Escape Rooms Over Safety Concerns
The FDNY is cracking down on “escape room” locations within the city over safety concerns following the deaths of five teenage girls in Poland earlier this year, according to a spokesperson.
The task force, known as “Escape Rooms in NYC,” has issued seven vacate orders in the city, with four locations being shut down and three partially shuttered, according to an FDNY spokesperson who added that the task force has also fined nine locations.
In all, 21 violation orders were given to escape room locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island.
The reasons for shutdowns and fines range from safety hazards, lack of evacuation routes, fire safety concerns and operating location over-capacity, the spokesperson said.
Escape rooms host groups where players are locked in a room and have to solve an interactive puzzle in order to get out.
The task force comes after the deadly fire that claimed the life of five teenage girls in Poland on Jan. 4.
Police said the victims were found after firefighters put out the blaze, which began around 5 p.m. at an "Escape Room" venue in Koszalin.
Monika Kosiec, a spokeswoman for police in Koszalin, said the victims — all 15 years of age — were thought to have been celebrating one of their birthdays.
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