Clive Page wrote in
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On 15/04/2019 19:18, Andy Burns wrote:
Adam, has you apprentice been playing with a blowtorch again?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47941794

It is a tragedy. But it seems so many historic buildings catch fire
while being renovated. For example in recent years, e.g. Windsor
Castle, York Minster, Glasgow School of Art.

My recommendation: go to see the Palace of Westminster before it too
burns down, as parliamentarians are determined to start a substantial
renovation effort in just a year or two.

It does seem that building contractors can be awfully careless in
these old buildings: all it takes is a blowlamp left too long near to
something flammable, or a multi-way power adaptor just a bit
overloaded. In all these cases it seems that the fire takes hold and
spreads quite widely before anyone notices: after all there must have
been *lots* of people around in the Notre Dame in early evening.
Wouldn't it be feasible, while works are under way, to install dozens
or even hundreds of small radio-linked battery-operated smoke
detectors all over the structure?



I totally agree. Would the Fire Dept be consulted on a risk assessment?