Developing an experimental database of burning characteristics of combustible informal dwelling materials based on South African informal settlement investigation - Wang Y, Bertrand C, Beshir M, Kahanji C, Walls R, Rush D.

Informal settlements, which have little or no legal status and no official planning remit, such as slums, shacks and favelas, are exposed to an extensive risk of fire. Due to flammable construction materials of the dwellings, the combustibility and flammab...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news