On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:04:58 -0500, "George Leppla"
wrote:
>The only other things on the balconies that would be combustible is the
>furniture and again, most of that is plastic.
Hi George,
Not only the plastic flooring cover but in tests the UK Marine
Accident Investigation Branch:
"found that materials at the seat of the fire were readily ignitable
and that the polycarbonate balcony divisions generated intense heat
and copious amounts of black smoke. The seat of the fire was on a
Deck 10 portside aft balcony. The blaze spread rapidly along adjacent
balconies and within 10 minutes had spread up to Decks 11 and 12 and
onto balconies in two adjacent fire zones. It also spread internally
as the heat of the fire shattered the glass in stateroom balcony doors
but was contained by fixed fire-smothering equipment in each
stateroom. Large clouds of dense black smoke were generated by the
combustible materials on the balconies."
You can read the preliminary report of the UK's Marine Accident
Investigation Branch and see photos at:
http://tinyurl.com/psl53
Best regards,
Ray
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