Fire Science Show
Fire Science Show
Wojciech Wegrzynski
235 - A Repeating Tragedy with Lazaros Filippidis
1 hour 8 minutes Posted Jan 21, 2026 at 11:00 am.
Framing A Tragic Pattern
Why Nightclub Fires Repeat
History’s Warnings: Cocoanut Grove
Venues, Acoustics, And Flammable Decor
Furniture, Layouts, And Hidden Bottlenecks
Exit Capacity, Behavior, And Door Design
ASET vs RSET And Coupled Modeling
Exodus, Fire Coupling, And Pathfinding
Pre‑Evacuation, Phones, And Human Factors
Stair Chimneys And Rapid Smoke Loss
Materials, Pyrotechnics, And Enforcement
Near Misses We Rarely Hear About
Sensitivity Analyses And Stress Tests
Takeaways, Limits, And Next Steps
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A fire in a public venue happened again. No, I am not talking about the one in Switzerland. Since the tragic New Year celebration, we had one more near-miss in Madrid on Jan 10th 2026... In fact, who knows how many we actually had? It is a tragedy that feels like it is playing on repeat... In this podcast episode, we try to dig into why nightclub fires follow the same script decade after decade—what are the parts of the pattern, and what can we do through smarter design, honest modellin...