-30 seconds after the first flame the sofa starts to catch fire. After that, the fire expands
throughout the room. If this happens and you see it, call the emergency number and leave
the house.
- 1 minute and 4 seconds the material of the sofa melts now the fire is also in the carpet.
The smoke is starting to fill the room.
- 1 minute and 23 seconds, there is not any evidence of the fire on the top floor and the
stairs. Everything seems going well but in the lowest floor the masacre that will burn the
whole house is starting.
- 1 minute and 37 seconds, the smoke fills the room. The gases can reach up to 88oC
- 1 minute 47 seconds, some smoke starts to appear on the floor above.
- 1 minute and 50 seconds, the detector works and sounds alerting all the tenants of the
house.
- 2 minutes 30 seconds, the sofa is over 200oC
- 2 minutes 48 seconds, the black smoke begins to fill the first floor. Downstairs, in the
room, the smoke reaches up to 1 meter 20 centimeters.
- 3 minutes 3 seconds, the lamp burns and also the other sofa. The smoke reaches up to 1
meter and the room is at 280oC. No one can survive with this conditions.
- 3 minutes and 20 seconds, the smoke floods the corridor of the upper floor. From outside
there is still no evidence of the fire
- 3 minutes and 41 seconds, the temperature rises to over 750oC and a flashover occurs,
the windows break and the whole house is filled with flames. 2 minutes after the detector
on the floor below sounded, you can not see anything already inside the house.
- 4 minutes and 33 seconds, now flames can be seen from outside. If this happens at night,
it would be the first thing to be be seen from outside. The flames climb the facade. When
firemen arrive to the house, it is completely on fire and full of smoke. They could not have
rescued anyone who had been trapped inside the house.
Not all fires are like this one, there are faster ones or slower ones. If there is a fire in your
home, leave immediately and call the emergency number.
To prevent this fires from happening at home, take the proper precautions and install a
good fire Alarm and Protection system. Fire Alarm should be raised on detection of the
Smoke, Heat and/or LPG/PNG Gas leakage. The Active Fire Protection Consists of Fire
Extinguisher, should keep in house. The passive fire protection consists of construction
elements and special products arranged to prevent the start of the fire, prevent it from
spreading, prevent it from seriously affecting the building (structural protection) and
facilitate the evacuation of people (luminescent signaling) and a safe performance of the
extinguishing equipment.