There were many reasons for the introduction of the new legislation. One was to slacken off the tight, often seen to be onerous and burdensome, control of fire safety. I'm not saying this - this was a common perception.
Part of me is a statistician and that part knows that, tragic though this incident was, and tragic though the many other fire deaths that have happened and will happen are, it will take considerably more data than has so far been amassed since the introduction of the new legislation to be able to conclude one way or the other if this introduction has met its objectives.
That is, fire tragedies happen, they always have and always will. The question is, are they happening faster or slower than they used to? And the answer is, it's too early to tell.
Stu