Legal action by a London borough adds to payments already made to 37 residents and recall of half a million driers. In August 2016, a fire started in a flat on Heathstan Road, Shepherds Bush, caused by tumble drier (according to the London Fire Brigade investigation)....
126 people escaped with no major injuries when RED Air MD-80 crash landed and caught fire at Miami International Airport 21st June 2022. Information suggests that a tire burst then landing gear collapsed, the plane landed on the fuselage ending in grass near the...
UK court condemns contractor to pay replacement costs of combustible polystyrene insulation cladding and fire barriers. The case, brought by Hyde Group (Martlet Homes) against Mullaley & Co, concerns five apartment blocks in Gosport, UK, built in the 1960’s and...
Furnished room fire tests conclude that flame retardants do not increase smoke toxicity. The room tests are described in Blais 2020 (see pinfa Newsletter n°104). Nine rooms (five gave useable smoke toxicity data) were furnished with a couch, an armchair, a flat-panel...
The EU plastics industry federation reports on benefits and opportunities of recycling and calls for incentives. The “ReShaping Plastics” report (SYSTEMIQ for PlasticsEurope) says current industry and policy actions could more than double plastics recycling from 14%...
