Abstract
The analysis of the large-scale commercial buildings fires was conducted. The study presents summary of large-scale fires in Mazovian Voivodship in 2015-2016 and its impact on environment. Location and dates of large-scale fires were compared with historical data of air monitoring available on State Inspectorate for Environmental Protection database. Impact of wildfires on environment was already described widely in literature, this approach is focused on commercial buildings fires. The substantial peaks were noticed at Inspectorate for Environmental Protection research stations when large-scale fires occurred, especially regarding fires with long duration. Large fires with short duration were not reflected significantly in air monitoring database.
Highlights
Large fires have significant impact on environment including water pollution as a result of using extinguishing foams [1,2], soil contamination caused by both the extinguishing agents and fire water [3,4]
Detailed results of analysis are presented for two fires from 2015 in Mazovian Voivodship
The difference in air monitoring for this fire was noticed, it was less substantial than fire no 2
Summary
Large fires have significant impact on environment including water pollution as a result of using extinguishing foams [1,2], soil contamination caused by both the extinguishing agents and fire water [3,4]. Another influence of fires is an air pollution as a result of emission combustion products to the atmosphere. Large-scale commercial buildings are usually low or medium-high buildings Examples of such facilities are shopping centers, exposition buildings, railways, airports, as well as production and storage buildings. In this type of objects fires are mostly characterized by high speed of fire development [16]
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