Alarmingly, some 600 people die in household fires in Germany every year. Often started by nothing more than a small tea light, such fires can soon take hold. Once a few objects are alight, room temperatures shoot up as high as 800 degrees Celsius, and flames quickly spread to other rooms, leaving inhabitants with precious little time to escape after a fire has broken out - usually no more than around two minutes. Modern-day apartments and offices contain considerably more combustible materials than they did a few decades ago...
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