1400 cars engulfed in multi-story carpark fire
1400 cars engulfed in multi-story carpark fire
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https://news.sky.com/video/car-par-blaze-leaves-tr...
Thankfully no lives lost in the fire itself.
Quite apart from the scale of the vehicle loss, I'm a little surprised by the severity of structural damage to the car park itself. The floor looks to have only a single layer steel mesh reinforcement, and large areas of floor have simply burnt away. Is this kind of damage expected in a fire of this type?
Thankfully no lives lost in the fire itself.
Quite apart from the scale of the vehicle loss, I'm a little surprised by the severity of structural damage to the car park itself. The floor looks to have only a single layer steel mesh reinforcement, and large areas of floor have simply burnt away. Is this kind of damage expected in a fire of this type?





RE: 1400 cars engulfed in multi-story carpark fire
I noticed the story in todays Daily Express , with an editorial that sprinklers would have confined the blaze, and wondering why none were fitted.
B.E.
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The structures around here that I park in don't have sprinklers as such, but a form a deluge system.
Part of the reason may be that it is very cold here in Milwaukee and a spray would just be snow flakes in a fire.
How much burning sludge was running out of the structure?
Those cars on the top that look intact are probably totals as well, I am guessing that wire insulation and under car plastic/rubber parts are shot.
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Me, too.
What makes you think that? FRP has a glass-transition temp of about 180F. I would think they used regular 7-wire steel strand, with adequate concrete cover etc.
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Not likely FRP; this material is generally more susceptible to heat degradation.
Dik
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