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Fire safety is not great. (Many other things are. )

• elric 5y ago
  That's an over-generalization which is very often wrong. Massive timber (including things like CLT or Brettstapel) are very fire resistant and very safe in a fire. The outer layers tend to char while the rest of the structure is preserved.
  • dan-robertson 5y ago
    To say more: if a large timber beam is exposed to fire and comes out charred, you can often just scrape off the charred part, but for a steel or concrete beam the damage may be fundamental (introducing cracks or permanently changing the size or material properties) requiring the part to be replaced.
    • baybal2 5y ago
      In a fire, you will die long before the structure will collapse
      • dan-robertson 5y ago
        It’s about what happens after a minor fire, not what happens when a building burns down