News that emergency crews were commended for their swift and effective handling of a residential fire incident abroad might seem, at first glance, of little relevance to UK property investors. Yet stories of this kind consistently trigger a familiar reflex among landlords, insurers and developers on this side of the Atlantic: a reassessment of fire safety readiness, response times, and the compliance burden now attached to owning residential stock in Britain. The praise heaped on crews for containing damage and protecting occupants is a useful prompt to examine how far the UK has travelled on fire safety since Grenfell, and how much further landlords and freeholders still have to go — at considerable financial cost.