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Was it balloon timbered with plywood walls? I've seen those popping up quickly, and they look very flammable, with thin support frames and walls, and a high sur
by khrbrt 6y ago
Was it balloon timbered with plywood walls? I've seen those popping up quickly, and they look very flammable, with thin support frames and walls, and a high surface area to volume ratio.
The wooden building in this article looks different, with much thicker wooden posts and flooring. The article said a test structure lasted four hours at 1000C temperature flames.
- redis_mlc 6y agoEngland just went through an unfortunate lesson in approved materials being used in apartment buildings that in fact were flammable (cladding.) I think they had 2 major fires as a result. Hopefully this isn't a repeat of that, but it sounds similar. Note the wikipedia article says it did not comply, but I've read other articles that said it did: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fire