There have been several major fires recently in some of Europe's capital cities. In each fire the burning building was not fitted with sprinklers.

On 9 November Jeremy Corbyn, the British Labour Party leader, gave a press conference at which he called for sprinklers to be fitted in all existing social housing buildings higher than 30 m.

From January Finland will permit 3-8 storey hotels to be built from wood if they are fitted with sprinklers. Larger compartments