This article presents a series of experimental tests that demonstrated that localized floor burn-through can be caused by certain ordinary combustible materials. The article discusses the mechanisms required to obtain this burn-through phenomena. It also discusses the factors that fire investigators can look for to help determine whether this phenomenon may have occurred.
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