The fire spread rapidly after the building's compartmentation failed.
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Compartmentation
//kəmˈpɑɹtmɛnˈteɪʃn̩//
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The reason for this compartmentation is FLAMETIGHT INTEGRITY. The purpose should be obvious: Propellent powder in flammable silk bags is always dangerous; compartmentation confines flame and explosive gas to the space in which it originates.
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The Titanics compartmentation' did not stop water from entering rooms.
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Compartmentation of the hull.—It has become the accepted practice in conventional rigid-airship construction to subdivide the buoyant gas into numerous independent containers[…]
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