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also fire suppression system (sprinklers) and pressurized stairwells are mandated.

• CydeWeys 3y ago
  And fireproof walls between units. It takes a long time for a fire to penetrate two layers of drywall.
• keyringlight 3y ago
  The "Well there's your problem" podcast did an episode on 'five over ones' (five stories of wood over one concrete) and touched on this - IIRC they were most likely to burn down during construction when the fire suppression wasn't installed and active yet.
  • wiml 3y ago
    They also did a more in-depth episode on Grenfell, which touched on a lot of the same issues, except Grenfell was (a) taller and (b) occupied.
    • Doxin 3y ago
      I can heartily recommend that episode if you like a podcast to a) be respectful to the victims and b) clown on the people who caused it.