Firefighters hate polystyrene ceiling tiles because in house fires they melt and drip blobs of burning plastic, and also give off carcinogenic fumes. Many chartered surveyors advise their removal.

The “melting” ceiling in the Stardust nightclub, reported by survivors of the fire which engulfed the north Dublin venue in February 1981, was “most likely” caused by polystyrene ...

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