MUMBAI: Five mins or 300 seconds. That is the estimated time people have to get out in their space if it catches fire nowadays. It used to be about 15 mins, however given the tactics in which the trendy Indian house has modified from residences two generations in the past —designed and decked with carpets, couches and curtains crafted in artificial fibre; fancy floorings and false ceilings in light-weight subject matter; and an overload of sensible gadgets, all lodged in highrises wrapped in glossy glass and aluminium cladding—a space is just mins from being swept by means of flames.
TOI spoke to architects and housing activists to know how that sprawling silk rug, oversized velvet sofa, sheer drapes, floral wallpaper, wood-panelled ceiling and state-of-the-art coffeemaker, stereo and dryer all plugged in immediately into other corners of your modern house cover risks that outweigh their benefits.
Despite safeguards like smoke alarms, automatic sprinklers and fire drenchers that residences at the moment are fitted out with, furnishings in plywood, plastic and polyester burn warmer and collapse quicker than the true wooden, brick and herbal fabrics noticed in homes of an previous technology.
TOI spoke to architects and housing activists to know how that sprawling silk rug, oversized velvet sofa, sheer drapes, floral wallpaper, wood-panelled ceiling and state-of-the-art coffeemaker, stereo and dryer all plugged in immediately into other corners of your modern house cover risks that outweigh their benefits.
Despite safeguards like smoke alarms, automatic sprinklers and fire drenchers that residences at the moment are fitted out with, furnishings in plywood, plastic and polyester burn warmer and collapse quicker than the true wooden, brick and herbal fabrics noticed in homes of an previous technology.
You've 5 mnts to flee if your flat catches fire
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Reviewed by Kailash
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June 15, 2018
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