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*Trigger Warning* #Grenfell Thread: Fires involving external spread (thx S. Howard, BRE) 1/14
1991: Started when rubbish was set alight outside the 11-story Knowsley Heights 11 stry tower block in Merseyside, spread through a 90 mm gap @GrenfellF4M https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowsley_Heights_fire#/media/File:Knowsley_Heights,_Huyton,_Merseyside.jpg #HRFSM
1991: Started when rubbish was set alight outside the 11-story Knowsley Heights 11 stry tower block in Merseyside, spread through a 90 mm gap @GrenfellF4M https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowsley_Heights_fire#/media/File:Knowsley_Heights,_Huyton,_Merseyside.jpg #HRFSM
Basingstoke 1992 (further links to info are welcome)
Irvine, Ayrshire, 11th June 1999. Originated 5th floor, 14 storey block. Parliamentary report: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmselect/cmenvtra/109/10907.htm
Telstar House, Paddington, 29th July 2003 https://www.standard.co.uk/news/fire-rips-through-paddington-7233480.html
Windsor Tower in Madrid 2005.
http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/project/research/structures/strucfire/CaseStudy/HistoricFires/BuildingFires/default.htm
http://www.mace.manchester.ac.uk/project/research/structures/strucfire/CaseStudy/HistoricFires/BuildingFires/default.htm
Moabit district, Berlin, 9th Aug 2005. Five storeys. Nine people died. http://www.dw.com/en/child-behind-berlin-apartment-house-fire/a-1681492
Miskolc, Hungary, 15th Aug 2009. 11 storeys, originated 6th floor kitchen. Three people died. https://lacoltulstrazii.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/analysis-of-a-tragic-fire-case-in-panel-building-miskolc-hungary.pdf
Dijon, France, 14th Nov 2010. Seven people died. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11752303
Grozny-City Towers, Chechnya, April 3rd, 2013, no fatalities. 40 storeys.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/apr/04/chechnya-skyscraper-on-fire-video
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/apr/04/chechnya-skyscraper-on-fire-video
Al Nahda Tower, Sharjah, 28th April 2012. https://www.emirates247.com/news/major-fire-guts-flats-in-40-floor-residential-building-in-sharjah-2012-04-28-1.455976
The Mermoz building, 18-storey block in Roubaix, France. 15th May 2012. Origin, 1st floor balcony. One person died. https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/insight/grenfell-the-french-connection-53571
Polat Tower, Instanbul, Turkey, 17th July 2012. 42 storeys. No fatalities. https://news.sky.com/story/fire-tears-through-istanbul-tower-block-10475629
Tamweel Tower, Dubai, 18th November 2012. Originated on the roof? http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/emergencies/fire-breaks-out-at-tamweel-tower-in-jumeirah-lake-towers-1.1106387
*29/05/2019 update*: Further examples of recent fires involving building envelopes: https://twitter.com/MancCommunities/status/1132912512909885440
15 November 2010 fire destroyed a 28-story high-rise apartment building in the city of Shanghai, China, killing at least 58 people & injuring many more. A worker fitting ext flammable insulation ignited it, it was surrounded by a flammable dust control net & bamboo scaffolding.
Flammable cladding at the roofline, water supply issues, spontaneous simultaneous evacuation (no #EvacuationStrategy) - had this happened 12 hours earlier or later when everybody was in bed there would likely have been a catastrophic number of fatalities. https://twitter.com/MancCommunities/status/1147954075004264448
This one was initially internal fire spread: February 12, 2005, Madrid's iconic 29 storey Windsor Tower was destroyed by fire thought to have started due to an electrical fault. No fatalities. Fire spread up and downward. *trigger warning, huge blaze*
Incredibly fast fire spread, from one corner at the base of the 7 or eight storey building it consumes the entire facade in just seconds. Reportedly a polyurethane facade. Baku, Azerbaijan, 10th April 2015. No further info at present.
I'm very sorry, the fire above in Baku cost 16 people their lives, dozens were injured. Heartfelt sympathies with everybody affected. Very sad indeed. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32809520
