- Author
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Nelson, H. E.
- Title
- Science in Action: An Engineering View of the Fire at the First Interstate Bank Building.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology,
- Journal
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Fire Journal,
Vol. 83,
No. 4,
28-32,34,
July/August 1989
- Keywords
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high rise buildings
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fire spread
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death
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fire investigations
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computer models
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analytical studies
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banks (buildings)
- Identifiers
- First Interstate Bank Building, Los Angeles, California, May 4, 1988; ASET; DETACT-QS; reconstruct the events in a real-life fire
- Abstract
- On May 4, 1988, the First Interstate Bank Building in Los Aggeles, California, erupted in flames. The blaze began on the 12th floor of the 62-story structure and spread upward, eventually reaching the 16th floor. One building employee was killed in the fire, and the building was unusable for months afterwards.