%0 Journal Article
%T Major fire disasters involving flashover
%J Fire safety journal
%D 1991
%A Rasbash, D. J.
%V 17
%N 2
%P 85-93
%X Three major fire disasters are considered: Summerland, Isle of Man, 1973; Stardust, Dublin, 1981; King's Cross Underground Station, London, 1987. In all three cases many fatalities were caused by a sudden extensive development of fire following a period in which the fire was much smaller. Evidence indicates that the occurrence of a local fire capable of exposing a part of an extensive combustible surface to a high heat transfer rate was a major factor. In all three, lapses in Fire Safety Management contributed to the presence of some of the extensive combustible surfaces involved.<p />
%G 
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0379-7112
%U http://dx.doi.org/