Causes of the 20 October 1991 Oakland Hills conflagration

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• Publication year

  1993

• Venue

  Fire Safety Journal

• Publication date

  Unknown publication date

• Fields of study

  Geology, Engineering, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/0379-7112(93)90020-Q
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