CO129-614-1 Commission of Inquiry into fire at West Point- report 26-5-1949 - 22-12-1949 — Page 43

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treated other than as a substance falling: within Category 8. During October, a very thorough check of the goods in Godown No. 2 was made by Detective Sub-Inspector Shaw and plans prepared of all floors. It became clear that with the exception of the Camphor, there was little that was highly combustible adjacent to the southern wall of Godown No.

The Camphor was on the first floor, and, curiously enough, was only imperfectly combusted. Then the flames penetrated into this godown, it is probable that the packing cases rather than the goods themselves caught alight, but it was quite impossible to reach any more exact ex-

planation for the fierceness of the fire in this godown.