Flames spread twice as quick ??

Article in the independent,
Flames on Grenfell towers spread twice as quickly as expected??
Does that mean flames were EXPECTED to spread on Grenfell ??
Don't make sense to me?

Donkeyman! 🤔🤔🤔

Re: Flames spread twice as quick ??

From what you say, Donkeyman, it sounds like they knew the stuff was flammable? Just not that flammable! I really hope its just an error of grammar.....

Re: Flames spread twice as quick ??

All those innocent people living there and those in the know knew all the time . I suppose the fire people know how fast flames ignite on your average brick house but this cladding was a ticking time bomb . And there are still flats with this time bomb attached.

All about the money , all very wrong

Re: Flames spread twice as quick ??

Nobody could have imagined the force of the chimney effect on 24 floors. It's never been done before.

OK, tall buildings have burnt before but from the inside. This fire spread on the outside from bottom to top within minutes. (And I saw it burn). Materials, proven to be incombustible, burnt because of upward wind force between building and cladding. Impossible to replicate at the world's finest testing facilities.

Unless you know something we don't Donkeyman.

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I don't think so. In this respect, I think that the fire service were taken by surprise on how quickly the fire spread and weren't expecting it to be so all-consuming.

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Never mind. Not all the fall out from Grenfell was bad news eh.

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Lessons have been learnt, hopefully.

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Apparently I was an "error" of grammar that allowed the cladding to
Pass it's fire tests PK !!

Donkeyman! 👎👎

Re: Flames spread twice as quick ??

Of course they werent Juddy. ?
Who expects a brick wall to burn. ??

Donkeyman! 🤔🤔

Re: Flames spread twice as quick ??

Not the wall, the cladding.