Incapacitation and fires |
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| Authors: | I R Hill |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Aviation and Forensic Pathology, RAF Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine, Aylesbury, Bucks, England. |
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| Abstract: | Traditionally quoted levels of the products of combustion are too high to account for all the problems of incapacitation and death in fires. Because people may not die instantly in a fire, they can continue to inhale toxic gases after collapse. Collapse may occur very quickly. Experience drawn from analysing the effects of the Manchester Boeing 737 accident and a building fire are used to debate this issue. |
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