Sarah-Jayne Goff

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[Sarah-Jayne Goff @sjgoff]

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[Markos Mom @Markos_mom]

The Station Nightclub fire happened in 2003. No smartphones. No Instagram.

100 people still died because they stood watching the flames, thinking it was part of the show.

I've retrofitted fire safety for some of the largest property portfolios in the UK post-grenfell.

You are confusing stupidity with biology, physics, and catastrophic design failures.

Here is the actual science of what you are watching:

1. When the music keeps playing and staff don't panic, the human brain overrides flight instincts to fit the threat into a normal context. This is called normalcy bias. These kids froze to process conflicting social cues, not to post for likes. They were likely already filming. They were also likely drunk.

2. We explicitly design buildings to account for this hesitation (pre-movement time). Fire safety codes assume people will wait before running. In a compliant building, you can assume up to a minute or two before egress commences. Sprinklers and detection systems are designed specifically to buy that time.

3. The reason the time buffer didn't exist here is the material. That ceiling is polyurethane foam. It doesn't burn linearly; it hits flashover (1,100°F) in under 90 seconds. It's essentially solid gasoline. The room would have exploded for all intents and purposes. Way before anyone could reasonably evacuate.

4. We calculate exit widths based on how many people can physically pass through a door per minute (flow rate) versus how fast a fire spreads. With foam fires, the available safe egress time drops to almost zero. Even if they had reacted instantly, the crowd density would have choked the exits before the room cleared.

5. In any normal building fire, especially one that starts off small, you expect a responsible adult to put it out, or sprinklers to do the same. When there's a pan fire in a restaurant, you don't run out in case the entire building suddenly explodes. No reasonable person should have expected this unless they were the owner and knew how the building was designed.

Those poor teenagers likely passed out from smoke inhalation soon after this video. If they didn't, they would have been caught in a catastrophic explosion as they crammed into the single tiny exit.

They didn't die because of Instagram.

They died because the physics of the fire moved faster than human bodies can physically squeeze through a door, and a catastrophic disregard of safe design principles meant they never stood a chance.

[Sarah-Jayne Goff @sjgoff]

@BarclaysUKHelp please could I have some help with a balance transfer? It’s been nothing but hassle since I took a card out with you a few weeks ago!

[Sarah-Jayne Goff @sjgoff]

@TaylorMod @tjcefn

[Sarah-Jayne Goff @sjgoff]

@GailHoneyman Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is one of the most glorious stories I have ever read. I’ve never cried reading a book before but it was so moving and so funny. Absolutely outstanding ❤️❤️

[Sarah-Jayne Goff @sjgoff]

@BootsHelp hi I’m looking for help with a recent purchase, no response to emails and chat function not working

[Sarah-Jayne Goff @sjgoff]

@SoVeryBritish I hate Belly, Tummy and Penny. Not sure why 🤷‍♀️

[Sarah-Jayne Goff @sjgoff]

@LarissaAHurt This is her on her 13th birthday a few weeks ago, it’s unbelievable how she copes with it all.

[Sarah-Jayne Goff @sjgoff]

@LarissaAHurt Hi Larissa, thanks so much for this wonderfully written article, I’ll be showing it to my 13 year old daughter who also has epilepsy, it helps to know she isn’t alone!

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

What would you have on a roast dinner if you could only have 4 things?

(Don’t include gravy, you can have that for free)

[Sarah-Jayne Goff @sjgoff]

@tjcefn

[James Hogg @JamesAHogg2]

Sinead O'Connor and Terry Hall recorded the greatest cover version of all time.

RIP both x

[Sarah-Jayne Goff @sjgoff]

⁦@YsgolAcrefair⁩ we found one of your hearts on our walk by the aqueduct ❤️

[Sarah-Jayne Goff @sjgoff]

@nlyonne just binged on #russiandoll finally and Oh My God, one of the best series I have ever seen! The acting, the clothes, the music (especially the Pink Floyd soundtrack in the last episode) Amazing!!

[Sarah-Jayne Goff @sjgoff]

Feeding The Nation - Keeping The Heating On
https://t.co/bwEXVmiTlm

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

Just had someone ask me “what kind of adult wears pyjamas?!” so can we get a retweet from every adult currently enjoying their pyjamas please?

[Sarah-Jayne Goff @sjgoff]

@Nike bit of an issue with your app! Getting an error message every time I try and place an order 🤦🏼‍♀️

[Sarah-Jayne Goff @sjgoff]

@rickygervais watching Super Nature 😳🤦🏼‍♀️😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Sarah-Jayne Goff @sjgoff]

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[Glamour UK @GlamourMagUK]

Y2K fans go wild.
https://t.co/DvfS9rgqfK

[Sarah-Jayne Goff @sjgoff]

@arrivabuswales a huge thank you to the driver who found my daughters phone and bus pass on the 5c from Dinas Bran this afternoon. One very relieved mum (and daughter!) Massive thanks again 👍🏻😊

[Sarah-Jayne Goff @sjgoff]

@KarenpMuir DEANO!!!!! 😰

[All On The Board @allontheboard]

Today is World Epilepsy Day, also known as Purple Day.
Sending love to everyone who has Epilepsy.
You are not alone.

#PurpleDay #PurpleDay2022 #WorldEpilepsyDay #Epilepsy #allontheboard