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So in a housing development with 36 homes, we expect one to burn in 10 years? Am I reading that right? If so, that doesn't sound right to me.
by Buttons840 2y ago
So in a housing development with 36 homes, we expect one to burn in 10 years? Am I reading that right?
If so, that doesn't sound right to me.
- bagels 2y agoNo, all 36 burn in year 360.
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- AdamN 2y agoThat sounds pretty close to right. House fires don't necessarily burn down the whole house with flames to the sky. My home had 2 pretty serious fires growing up (over 20 years): 1/ car fire from grease/oil/gas leaking from our diesel car engine after driving in very heavy rain, 2/ unattended hair dryer overheated (don't know if it was on or off but it was plugged in).
- mschuster91 2y ago> So in a housing development with 36 homes, we expect one to burn in 10 years? Am I reading that right? Yep. And - anecdata - it is about correct... if you count all the unintended fires that didn't escalate to a full blown dwelling fire. The classic example is oil overheating and flash-combusting in a pan or pot, and people making that exponentially worse by trying to extinguish it with water instead of just putting a damn lid on it. Another infamous example used to be (old) people smoking in their wing chair while watching TV and falling asleep with the lit cigarette then setting the furniture or carpets alight. That one has been very effectively remediated by strict fire resistance requirements on furniture as well as requiring cigarette manufacturers switch to self-extinguishing paper.
- wasmitnetzen 2y agoSeeing a fire truck responding to my direct neighbourhood every 10 years sounds about right.