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It could have spread, and people could have gotten hurt. If you have a useful head on your shoulders, then you should have a proactive mindset and try to preven

by cbg0 5y ago

It could have spread, and people could have gotten hurt. If you have a useful head on your shoulders, then you should have a proactive mindset and try to prevent issues instead of sending thoughts and prayers after the fact.

krisoft 5y ago
> It could have spread, and people could have gotten hurt. Could it though? It is a standalone installation on an industrial site. There are about ten meter-ish standoff between them and their neighbours. (which is also an industrial site) > If you have a useful head on your shoulders, then you should have a proactive mindset and try to prevent issues And if you have an even more useful head on your shoulders you calibrate your level of upset to the level of actual danger.
- lbriner 5y ago
  If you think 10m is enough of a fire break, you have no experience of fire. The infra-red heat that comes off of a fire is incredibly intense and can easily spread those distances as that distance, especially if pieces of flammable debris were to bridge the gap. It woul dbe fair enough if that design was recognised and signed-off by the local inspectors, then no-one would complain but it sounds like they were just not doing the risk assessment properly.
- magicalhippo 5y ago
  > There are about ten meter-ish standoff between them and their neighbours. Here in Norway there was a vicious fire[1] in a small town in 2014. It was during winter, and it had been below freezing for months before. If you think 10m is enough to contain a fire, here's a quote from the Wikipedia article: For a while it was thought that the [village's ice rink] would be a fireline. But the fire made a jump of over 130 meters, and then set fire to a water truck. [1]: https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brannen_i_L%C3%A6rdal_2014 https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brannen_i_L%C3%A6rdal_2014
- breakingcups 5y ago
  Yes, firemen and the technical personnel who had to turn off the power in a room with 1-meter long arcs definitely could have gotten hurt. Also, > the level of actual danger was quite high, 10 meter is nowhere near enough to ensure a fire won't jump over and it might suit you not to make insinuations on the level of danger if you don't have enough experience in the area you're talking about.

by cbg0 5y ago

krisoft 5y ago

> It could have spread, and people could have gotten hurt. Could it though? It is a standalone installation on an industrial site. There are about ten meter-ish standoff between them and their neighbours. (which is also an industrial site) > If you have a useful head on your shoulders, then you should have a proactive mindset and try to prevent issues And if you have an even more useful head on your shoulders you calibrate your level of upset to the level of actual danger.

lbriner 5y ago
If you think 10m is enough of a fire break, you have no experience of fire. The infra-red heat that comes off of a fire is incredibly intense and can easily spread those distances as that distance, especially if pieces of flammable debris were to bridge the gap. It woul dbe fair enough if that design was recognised and signed-off by the local inspectors, then no-one would complain but it sounds like they were just not doing the risk assessment properly.
magicalhippo 5y ago
> There are about ten meter-ish standoff between them and their neighbours. Here in Norway there was a vicious fire[1] in a small town in 2014. It was during winter, and it had been below freezing for months before. If you think 10m is enough to contain a fire, here's a quote from the Wikipedia article: For a while it was thought that the [village's ice rink] would be a fireline. But the fire made a jump of over 130 meters, and then set fire to a water truck. [1]: https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brannen_i_L%C3%A6rdal_2014 https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brannen_i_L%C3%A6rdal_2014
breakingcups 5y ago
Yes, firemen and the technical personnel who had to turn off the power in a room with 1-meter long arcs definitely could have gotten hurt. Also, > the level of actual danger was quite high, 10 meter is nowhere near enough to ensure a fire won't jump over and it might suit you not to make insinuations on the level of danger if you don't have enough experience in the area you're talking about.