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From page 140... ... 292 F I R E RESEARCH Calculations show that a layer of gases at a high temperature extended beneath the ceiling of the covered arcade for its entire length and that this condition and smoke logging of the arcade must have become estabhshed in about a mmute from the time when the fire in the shops flashed over. I t appears that the fire brigade were called just in time to prevent extensive fire spread. Read the entire page →

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... 292 F I R E RESEARCH Calculations show that a layer of gases at a high temperature extended beneath the ceiling of the covered arcade for its entire length and that this condition and smoke logging of the arcade must have become estabhshed in about a mmute from the time when the fire in the shops flashed over. I t appears that the fire brigade were called just in time to prevent extensive fire spread.

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