Fire destroys high-rise apartment building in Milan
Italian media report that a fire on 29 August has destroyed Torre dei Moro, an 18-storey apartment building in Milan. The fire is claimed to have started in an apartment on the 15th floor whose occupants were away. The fire
Fire destroys 200 cars in Swedish car park
Swedish media report that a fire has destroyed 200 cars in an above ground car park in Märsta, north of Stockholm. The fire brigade was called at about 02:00 on 26th August. Kurt Holm of the fire brigade said that
Research shows fire deaths twice as likely in English apartments as houses
Independent research funded by Research England has found that those in apartment buildings are twice as likely to die or be injured by fire as residents of houses. The researchers also found that 2.3% of fires in apartment buildings spread