by mcwebmaster | Oct 19, 2022
One side of the 42-storey China Telecom building rapidly engulfed in flame in presumed façade cladding fire. Media reports suggest that the cause may have been a fault in an aircon unit or lighting. Official media indicate no casualties and that the fire was rapidly...
by mcwebmaster | Oct 19, 2022
23 people died in a nightclub fire in Thailand, with flammable foam blamed for the rapid fire spread. The fire on 4th August in the MountainB nightclub, Chonburi Province, 150 km from Bangkok, is stated to have been accelerated by flammable soundproofing foam on walls...
by mcwebmaster | Oct 19, 2022
Biden-Harris administration launches action to modernise and implement building safety and energy codes across the US. The initiative aims to help State and local governments adopt the latest building codes (in effect, the ICC Residential and Building codes IRC and...
by mcwebmaster | Oct 19, 2022
Combustible cladding is banned on high rise buildings and non FR polyethylene composite panels on all new buildings. The UK Government’s revision of fire safety guidance is part of an ongoing tightening of building regulations following the Grenfell fire. As well as...
by mcwebmaster | Oct 19, 2022
New South Wales Australia shows nearly 44 000 residential fires in ten years, with higher incidence in social housing. The study, using nine data sources, covered all fires reported to fire services in NSW (population c. 8 million) 2005-2014. Over this period, 43 700...
