I don’t understand how it could get to that point. I don’t know what code these were built to but a high rise office building in my country would have to be non combustible construction and depending on the year it was built have sprinklers. Office buildings are typically low hazard occupancies with limited fuel loads.
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It seems similar to the last time an office building caught fire like this in China. The building was fairly fire resistant except for the facade which was made of materials that burn up really fast.
Combustible aluminum cladding with a flammable insulation layer.
China probably has more high-rise buildings than your country has low-rise buildings... Are you surprised?
Alright ya know that is a really fair point. I'm sure regulation and code enforcement has a role to play here but keeping in mind they probably have twice the amount of high rise structures compared to anyone is a pretty big factor.
I live in Canada… so yes you are probably right based just on population alone.
I’m not surprised, I would say disappointed though.
You'd be surprised. Grenfell fire in the UK and that building that collapsed a week after it was declared fit just happened like a month ago in the US. Corruption is everywhere.
And I just watched The Towering Inferno last weekend.
... By any chance, were you watching The Poseidon Adventure in mid-June?
Westerner fake news¿
Riiiight. Definitely made with Western AI generation. There is no way such a disaster could ever occur in glorious China.
Thank you! 🙏
At least you and your upvoters got the joke