The Collège Édouard-Pailleron is known for a tragedy that reshaped school safety standards across France. On the evening of February 6, 1973, a fire broke out in the building, which was constructed in the late 1960s using a metal-frame technique that became known as the Pailleron type. The structure included hollow spaces that acted as draft chimneys and utilized flammable materials, allowing the flames to spread with extreme speed.
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