RE: Huge blaze engulfs 24-storey Grenfell Tower in west London
June 16, 2017 at 10:02 pm
(This post was last modified: June 16, 2017 at 10:03 pm by vorlon13.)
Flammable retrofitted cladding seems to have rapidly and thoroughly compromised buildings inherent fire resistance.
Dorm I lived in many years ago had the standard policy of simply closing the door to any dorm room that was on fire. Building was rated, IIRC, to withstand a fire in a room for 2 hours before it would propagate. Grenfell Tower appeared compromised in minutes.
Hell, neighbors garage burned several years ago and drywall between house and garage kept fire out of house for 1/2 hour till fire dept got there. These are not terribly difficult construction features to engineer into a building.
Dorm I lived in many years ago had the standard policy of simply closing the door to any dorm room that was on fire. Building was rated, IIRC, to withstand a fire in a room for 2 hours before it would propagate. Grenfell Tower appeared compromised in minutes.
Hell, neighbors garage burned several years ago and drywall between house and garage kept fire out of house for 1/2 hour till fire dept got there. These are not terribly difficult construction features to engineer into a building.
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