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Normally the kitchen door slows the fire enough to get out
Is it just me that almost never closes any (internal) doors at home?
I used to live in a 2001 build house that had door closers fitted so the doors were wedged open. A fire seemed less likely than my toddlers fingers getting pinched.
Before that I lived in a ground floor flat which didn't have a kitchen door when we moved in and we didn't add one. Some potential buyers commented but we just shrugged and told them it was like that when we moved in. I suppose as a ground floor flat you could more easily climb out a window.
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I think it's less about endangering neighbours and more whoever is in the flat.
The theory is that a fire is most likely to start in the kitchen (lots of hot stuff, high draw appliances, etc) and if that fire does start then everyone in the flat should be able to get out safely when the fire alarm goes off in the middle of the night. Normally the kitchen door slows the fire enough to get out, without the kitchen door the fire (and smoke) is right by the exit.
I had similar pondering in my old flat with a similar sized kitchen about moving the kitchen, stealing some space, etc but ultimately the small kitchen wasn't too bad once I worked out the best use of the space. I pretty often cooked for half a dozen people in there, just had to be organised about washing up as I went (and ditched the microwave as it took up too much space).