Sabyasachi Gaan, Materials Specialist: "the Slower a Fire and the Less Smoke It Produces, the More Time to Flee Increases"

Le Temps

Lean Left

Factuality

Ownership

The fires at Crans-Montana and Chiètres raise a lot of questions about the materials used at the scene of these dramas. Sabyasachi Gaan leads a team of Empa researchers working on molecules capable of slowing down fires and reducing fumesIn less than ten weeks, Switzerland has experienced two extraordinary tragedies related to fire, in Crans-Montana (VS) and Chiètres (FR).The causes of these two events are radically different – an involuntary st…