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Fatality rates sure, but what about injuries? People getting trampled over, falling downstairs.

• Sharlin 5y ago
  Anecdotal, but I've never heard of an apartment building fire where people get trampled trying to escape. This in Europe where many if not most countries do not mandate a second escape route for midrise buildings. It's simply not a problem. You're supposed to shelter in your apartment anyway, which almost always is much safer than the hallway in case of a fire.
  • pipeline_peak 5y ago
    “ Overcrowding during emergency evacuation can cause crowd stampede and trampling that will lead to serious injuries or fatalities. ” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960077919304576 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S09600...
    • Sharlin 5y ago
      Yes, but that is about large crowded events specifically, where the crowds can be tens to hundreds of times larger than the number of residents in a midrise, and remaining in a specifically constructed fire-and-smoke-resistant shelter (one’s home) is not an alternative.