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Old 25-06-2017, 22:26   #274
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Re: Huge fire at West London tower block

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Originally Posted by Paul M View Post
You still have more chance of escaping safely if you are lower down.
For starters you can jump out of a window and be reasonable sure you will live, not so when you are 20 storeys up.
But that is not the reason for the 18m restriction. You are only expected to have to "jump" out from around 1st floor level. Higher than that and there has to be a safe "corridor" to escape.
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