Fires in confined spaces are of major concern in fire safety engineering. Indeed, fires with
ensuing fatalities, generally occur in apartment or room fires. The decision and response
time of rescue teams mainly results from empirical understanding. However, since
compartment fires are multi-physical and multi-scale problems, a clear fundamental
approach is needed. One of the main issues concerns the transition from localized to
generalized fire. The most important vector leading to generalized fires is smoke. Indeed …