Fire safety expert "extremely concerned" about mass-timber buildings

World-leading fire safety expert José Torero has told Dezeen he is "extremely concerned" about mass-timber buildings being constructed around the world.
As part of a feature on fire safety, Torero claimed that a lack of consistency in the competency of people designing and constructing mass-timber buildings runs the risk of a "catastrophic" fire event.
"My concern is that there are no proper standards of competency when it comes to the design of mass timber buildings," he said.
"And