I would be wary of malls in Doha as they really are not designed particularily well with fire in mind. That said just being aware of the building you are in and where to go if there is a fire can save you, for instance The Station fire in New York was a terrible tragedy, but the majority of the people in the building left by the front door instead of the other fire exits I believe even one fire exit people didn't even use which lead to the bottle neck and trapping of the people at the front door. In a fire people will leave by the way they came in try not to be like this and be aware of where the nearest exit is.
Your point about caps being on the sprinkler system I cannot say without any certainty, but there are plenty of sprinkler systems that the caps are left on especially in kitchens is that if they are left open over time they will fill up with gunk (grease etc) and become blocked the caps are there to stop this and the water pressure will blow them off when activated, but I have not seen the ones you are talking about.
I think this fire will be what is needed to jump start the fire regulations here and to see an improvement, you will find in most countries it took something like this to instigate change I know in the uk it was the Bradford city Stadium fire which turned around fire regs for us! Let's hope the same things happen here!
I would be wary of malls in Doha as they really are not designed particularily well with fire in mind. That said just being aware of the building you are in and where to go if there is a fire can save you, for instance The Station fire in New York was a terrible tragedy, but the majority of the people in the building left by the front door instead of the other fire exits I believe even one fire exit people didn't even use which lead to the bottle neck and trapping of the people at the front door. In a fire people will leave by the way they came in try not to be like this and be aware of where the nearest exit is.
Your point about caps being on the sprinkler system I cannot say without any certainty, but there are plenty of sprinkler systems that the caps are left on especially in kitchens is that if they are left open over time they will fill up with gunk (grease etc) and become blocked the caps are there to stop this and the water pressure will blow them off when activated, but I have not seen the ones you are talking about.
I think this fire will be what is needed to jump start the fire regulations here and to see an improvement, you will find in most countries it took something like this to instigate change I know in the uk it was the Bradford city Stadium fire which turned around fire regs for us! Let's hope the same things happen here!