The building plant can be seen on Fig. 4, and gives an idea of the furniture arrangement, and the place were the fire started, as assumed by the Firemen Dept. Report(1). The composite slab started to degrade just close were the fire initiated (Fig. 5). The steel structure didn't collapse and showed any visible damage. Masonry cover showed some local spalling, as can be seen on Fig. 5, but, in general, there were no cracks or fissures on the walls neither on the slabs, so, compartmentation was maintained. The fire didn't spread to bedrooms or bath-room, however, the smoke production was intense; the reason was due to compartmentation, although imperfect, was efficient.

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