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FIRES IN POST-WAR FLATS AND MAISONETTES IN LONDON - 1960

Woolfe, H. and Fry, J.F., 1962. FIRES IN POST-WAR FLATS AND MAISONETTES IN LONDON - 1960. Fire Research Notes 505


ABSTRACT

An analysis has been made of fires which occurred in blocks of London flats three or more storeys high, during 1960. It was found that the fire incidence in high flats, in the London area was not significantly different from that for dwellings in general, in the United Kingdom. The largest cause of fires in these high flats was due to careless disposal of ashes and soot in dust and refuse chutes.



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