Fire in Valencia
Why???
It should not burn like that... |
Re: Fire in Valencia
Should there be a link to something?
Steve |
Re: Fire in Valencia
Originally Posted by growinspain
(Post 13241955)
Why???
It should not burn like that... |
Re: Fire in Valencia
Originally Posted by tebo53
(Post 13241975)
Should there be a link to something?
Steve https://click.email.bbc.com/?qs=e99e...10e74f6278d1b1 Rosemary |
Re: Fire in Valencia
Thanks Rosemary, it's devastating for all concerned. It's surprising how quickly it took hold.
Steve |
Re: Fire in Valencia
Originally Posted by tebo53
(Post 13241983)
Thanks Rosemary, it's devastating for all concerned. It's surprising how quickly it took hold.
Steve They are cancelling the fire works this evening and there will be 3 days of mourning. A terrible tragedy. |
Re: Fire in Valencia
Originally Posted by tebo53
(Post 13241983)
Thanks Rosemary, it's devastating for all concerned. It's surprising how quickly it took hold.
Steve Rosemary |
Re: Fire in Valencia
Originally Posted by 1sexsmith
(Post 13241984)
Unfortunately it was the wind that made it spread so fast. It looks so terrible. Still a number of people missing
They are cancelling the fire works this evening and there will be 3 days of mourning. A terrible tragedy. Rosemary |
Re: Fire in Valencia
Unfortunately it was the wind that made it spread so fast
Unfortunately wind is not an unusual phenonomen in Spain and should have been considered in the design. RIP. |
Re: Fire in Valencia
Whoever decided it was a good idea to clad high rise buildings in inflammable materials, what were they thinking? A dreadful tragedy and I am so sorry for the families and friends of those who have lost their lives and all those who have lost everything. A terrible time for the firefighters too, who have still to face the awful task of searching the ruined building for the bodies of people who weren't able to escape.
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Re: Fire in Valencia
Originally Posted by Lynn R
(Post 13241994)
Whoever decided it was a good idea to clad high rise buildings in inflammable materials, what were they thinking?
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Re: Fire in Valencia
On the Spanish radio I just heard them talking to an architect who says that the building was constructed in 2005 and the fachada or facade was covered with a polyurethane material that is now known ( but not at time) to be combustible at high temperatures. He says that many buildings from that period onwards have these coverings and they will now need to be redone but the cost will be burdened by owners not constructors unless such possible events could have been deem to have foreseeable and known at time of construction. He says that the design of the building, the wind and this material will have all added up to the disaster.
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Re: Fire in Valencia
It would be hard to deny the cladding played a huge part in this worse. The Tedi store below the apartments was renovated a couple of years ago and appears to be fine.
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Re: Fire in Valencia
Originally Posted by 1sexsmith
(Post 13242002)
On the Spanish radio I just heard them talking to an architect who says that the building was constructed in 2005 and the fachada or facade was covered with a polyurethane material that is now known ( but not at time) to be combustible at high temperatures. He says that many buildings from that period onwards have these coverings and they will now need to be redone but the cost will be burdened by owners not constructors unless such possible events could have been deem to have foreseeable and known at time of construction. He says that the design of the building, the wind and this material will have all added up to the disaster.
Rosemary. |
Re: Fire in Valencia
I am afraid it is now turning into a national tragedy as it is believed ( not confirmed) that a family with two young children and a baby might have died. Sanchez is now arriving in Valencia.
The construction firm have claimed that a promotional video says the material was an aluminium covering but have failed to point out that it was 0.5 ml thick and backed by 5ml of polyurethane material. |
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