The EU’s Copernicus (CAMS) data show record wildfire activity in South West Europe. Germany, Eastern Europe and Baltic States are also affected. 660 000 hectares had already been destroyed in Europe by mid-August with predictions of over a million hectares by the end...
Legal action by a London borough adds to payments already made to 37 residents and recall of half a million driers. In August 2016, a fire started in a flat on Heathstan Road, Shepherds Bush, caused by tumble drier (according to the London Fire Brigade investigation)....
126 people escaped with no major injuries when RED Air MD-80 crash landed and caught fire at Miami International Airport 21st June 2022. Information suggests that a tire burst then landing gear collapsed, the plane landed on the fuselage ending in grass near the...
UK court condemns contractor to pay replacement costs of combustible polystyrene insulation cladding and fire barriers. The case, brought by Hyde Group (Martlet Homes) against Mullaley & Co, concerns five apartment blocks in Gosport, UK, built in the 1960’s and...
Furnished room fire tests conclude that flame retardants do not increase smoke toxicity. The room tests are described in Blais 2020 (see pinfa Newsletter n°104). Nine rooms (five gave useable smoke toxicity data) were furnished with a couch, an armchair, a flat-panel...
