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To: Newbomb Turk; JBW1949

In 2015 a completed and occupied wood frame apartment complex went up in NJ. IIRC that was ruled accidental due to maintenance work involving open flame.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiV8CVYIPAw

It has always seemed like a bad idea to build massive 3-5 story buildings the size of a city block out of wood. Sure is is cheap, but as seen in NJ, even with sprinklers once fire finds the wood framing they always go to multiple alarms and usually a defensive operation to save nearby buildings. In the end all that is left is the foundation and stairwells.


40 posted on 03/20/2017 8:49:57 PM PDT by matt04
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To: matt04

At some point in the future people will be aghast to learn that in the 21st century we were still using the same material the logs in their fireplace are made out of to make large-scale residential dwellings when concrete and steel had long since become readily available.


75 posted on 03/21/2017 4:11:56 PM PDT by Laser_Ray
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