Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20111221:10:46:00
Floor joists and roof beams which used to be solid lumber are now wood chips glued together. just three minutes in, that couch becomes a fuel log. the carpet a pond of fire. the room fills with noxious gases. it's a death trap. watch this recent experiment as an older house burns. significantly more slowly. >> we could build this entire room out of natural materials and it would burn far more slowly than made of synthetic material. >> how much more slowly? >> ten minutes slower. >> those ten minutes could mean life or death. >> seconds count. >> reporter: because synthetic materials are sturdi...
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