Fight fire with ...

2005-06-07T00:00:00

February’s Madrid fire was unique in its ferocity. By the end, the concrete frame stayed standing and only the upper floors collapsed - the ones with steel perimeter columns

Source: Want Not Design / Rex Features

...Fire engineering, of course! CM explores how a wildfire new science is being wielded in the battle between the steel and concrete lobbies

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