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: Received: 18 April 2024 / Approved: 18 April 2024 / Online: 19 April 2024 (11:53:31 CEST)
How to cite:
Raposo, J.; Raposo, H.D.N.; Reis, L.D.; Almeida, E.P.D. Fire in House – Investigation of the Outbreak and Spread of the Fire in a Countryside House. Preprints2024, 2024041279. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1279.v1
Raposo, J.; Raposo, H.D.N.; Reis, L.D.; Almeida, E.P.D. Fire in House – Investigation of the Outbreak and Spread of the Fire in a Countryside House. Preprints 2024, 2024041279. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1279.v1
Raposo, J.; Raposo, H.D.N.; Reis, L.D.; Almeida, E.P.D. Fire in House – Investigation of the Outbreak and Spread of the Fire in a Countryside House. Preprints2024, 2024041279. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1279.v1
APA Style
Raposo, J., Raposo, H.D.N., Reis, L.D., & Almeida, E.P.D. (2024). Fire in House – Investigation of the Outbreak and Spread of the Fire in a Countryside House. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1279.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Raposo, J., Luís Duarte Reis and Eugénio Pina de Almeida. 2024 "Fire in House – Investigation of the Outbreak and Spread of the Fire in a Countryside House" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1279.v1
Abstract
Fires in houses are inevitable and they cause loss of life and major repair costs for the damage structure and contents. There is a clear need to prevent its ignition and spread to adjacent areas. This article presents the steps taken, namely: contacts, data collection, tests, analysis and conclusions regarding the accident resulting from the outbreak and spread of a fire, on December 25, 2020, in a traditional Portuguese house in Arganil, Portugal. The owners and the court requested to carry out an expert opinion by a person with specialized technical-scientific knowledge, which led to this work as an expert. the work consists of carrying out observations and data analysis. Then, the observed and analysed data were laboratory tested in order to consistently identify characteristics that lead to the ignition and propagation of the fire.
This work identified construction problems, materials used and heat sources that are responsible for the accident. The conclusions may be used to avoid future incidents or accidents with houses of same construction type.
Keywords
Fire Study; Construction; Ignition Temperature; House fire
Subject
Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
