by Hannane Haddouch | Jan 17, 2025
The European Commission has approved the final report on a harmonised façade fire safety testing methodology. The decision is an important step towards standardising across Europe the fire testing and fire classification of façade systems, addressing current...
by Hannane Haddouch | Jan 17, 2025
An air conditioner fault igniting a mattress caused a fire which killed 7 and injured 12 in hotel in Bucheon, South Korea, according to authorities based on CCTV footage. Guests entering a hotel room heard a noise from the air conditioner and smelled smoke, asked for...
by Hannane Haddouch | Jan 17, 2025
30 experts point to new fire risks from batteries, renewable energies, green buildings and ubiquitous electronics (internet of things), accentuated by urban density and wildfire risks. Several interviews deplore the tendency over recent decades to put cost and speed...
by mcwebmaster | Oct 9, 2024
Seven years after the Grenfell fire, another 112-flat building gutted by fire in the UK was known to have unsafe cladding, as well as failures in the London Fire Service and the local council. Fire engulfed the Spectrum tower block, fortunately with no lives lost, but...
by mcwebmaster | Oct 9, 2024
England and Scotland alone have over 15 000 tall apartment blocks which still have non fire-safe cladding. The UK Government has said that there may be 7 000 buildings for which cladding fire safety remediation is needed which have not yet been declared, in addition...
