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Re:Why Timber Towers Are on the Rise in France by toomanybeersies on Thursday November 02, 2017 @01:52AM (#15608142)
What happens when the fire is on a lower floor and melts/burns your rope because the fire is going out the window?
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Re:Why Timber Towers Are on the Rise in France by WalterBright on Thursday November 02, 2017 @01:58AM (#15608164)
Go out a different window.

It makes sense to keep a fire axe in your apartment, so you can make your own doorways/windows as needed in a fire. Also good against zombie attacks.

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Re:Why Timber Towers Are on the Rise in France by rsynnott on Thursday November 02, 2017 @09:13AM (#15610068)
In a large high-rise, the majority of apartments will only have windows on one side (unless there's an inner core or something).
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Re:Why Timber Towers Are on the Rise in France by WalterBright on Thursday November 02, 2017 @04:18PM (#15613878)
I wasn't clear about what to do with the fire axe - go into the hall, and cut through the door to an apartment on another side.

Fire axes are designed specifically for that sort of job.

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