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Steel and concrete buildings need a huge amount of time to get fires spread enough and hot enough to collapse, except in freak catastrophes like jet plane crash
by fjsolwmv 8y ago
Steel and concrete buildings need a huge amount of time to get fires spread enough and hot enough to collapse, except in freak catastrophes like jet plane crashes.
- wahern 8y agoIt's a well known and not uncommon failure mode: https://youtu.be/8XMTALBYRNA?t=40 https://youtu.be/8XMTALBYRNA?t=40 https://youtu.be/LB9wwTmrMYA?t=15 https://youtu.be/LB9wwTmrMYA?t=15 Fireproofing steel beams has been practiced since the 1950s. (https://www.asbestos.com/products/fireproofing-fire-prevention-materials https://www.asbestos.com/products/fireproofing-fire-preventi...)