Fabric for protective garments

Heat and flame resistant single ply fabric for use as single layer of a protective garment for a wearer, characterized in that the fabric comprises interwoven warp and weft yarns wherein each of the warp yarns comprises a blend of 60 to 90 wt-% poly-m-phenylenisophtalamid (meta-aramid) and 10 to 40 wt-% poly-p-phenylenterephtalamid (para-aramid), and the weft yarns comprise at least two weft yarns, the first of the at least two weft yarns comprising a blend of 85 to 95 wt-% meta-aramid and 5 to 15 wt-% para-aramid, the second of the at least two weft yarns essentially comprising para-aramid, and characterized in that the fabric is woven in such a way that from about 55 wt-% to about 80 wt-% of the warp yarns appear on the fabric side facing the wearer, from about 55 wt-% to about 80 wt-% of the first of the at least two weft yarns appears on the fabric side facing away the wearer and from about 70 wt-% to about 90 wt-% of the second of the at least two weft yarns appears on the fabric side facing the wearer.