TY - JOUR PY - 2022// TI - FDS results for selecting the right scenario in the case of a building fire: a case study JO - Fire (Basel, Switzerland) A1 - Manea, Florin A1 - Ghicioi, Emilian A1 - Suvar, Marius Cornel A1 - Prodan, Maria A1 - Vlasin, Nicolae Ioan A1 - Suvar, Niculina Sonia A1 - Vlase, Titus SP - e198 EP - e198 VL - 5 IS - 6 N2 - On the evening of 5 April 2014, at a building located on 122 Tomis Boulevard, Constanta Municipality, Constanta County, Romania, a restaurant with its kitchen on the ground floor and a lounge bar located on the first floor experienced a fire, one that resulted in four victims and total building destruction. An important step in the technical-scientific expertise was the investigation of the incident based on the elaboration of two fire scenarios using the Fire Dynamic Simulator (FDS) model, which observed the fire propagation, the generation of toxic gases (carbon monoxide that disoriented and intoxicated the victims, three of whom could not save themselves) depending on the location of the plausible ignition sources, and explained the destructive effects. This paper focuses on the steps required to identify the critical conditions that led to the occurrence of the unwanted event. Based on the calculations, hypothesis, and FDS simulations, the mechanism of the event occurrence was considered to be strongly related to the onsite observations and criminal file issued by the state authorities.

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LA - en SN - 2571-6255 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fire5060198 ID - ref1 ER -