The Daily Telegraph

First fireproofi­ng rule

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SIR – With regard to fire safety, the Prime Minister’s resolve to have “no stone left unturned” is appropriat­e, as after the Great Fire of London external walls had to be stone or brick.

With a greater range of fire-resistant materials available today, it should be possible to have an even better policy than in the reign of Charles II. Geoffrey Hodgson

Leeds, West Yorkshire

SIR – When my company moved offices in 1994 we ordered fire extinguish­ers. As a software company we had a lot of electrical equipment. In our previous offices we had colour-coded extinguish­ers (red, black, green) for different types of fire.

Our new extinguish­ers, however, were all red. I was told that new EU rules meant all extinguish­ers had to be red, with small pictograms on the side to distinguis­h between different types.

How many people, in the midst of a fire, smoke billowing around them, would find the right extinguish­er? David Guest

Windsor, Berkshire

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