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New vs Old Room Fire Final UL
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A short NIST-based demonstration places a room furnished with old natural-material furniture beside one with modern synthetic furnishings and burns both. The modern room reaches full flashover in a few minutes while the legacy room is only starting to spread.
HN uses it as vivid proof that modern fires develop much faster, which is the argument for working smoke detectors and early escape.
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