Occasionally I see news stories like “man runs back into burning house and rescues beloved pet”
However, I’ve also been told that you will most likely die in seconds if you inhale the smoke. I’ve read that in a fire you have to crawl to escape. I’ve read that you have to sprint quickly through the flames if you have a chance (the exact opposite of crawling low?).
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Running into a burning building is incredibly dangerous, please don’t do it without proper training and equipment. The news report on people who successfully go into a burning building to rescue children/pets/loved ones but they don’t report on the people who don’t make it back out.
Having said that, just because a building is burning that doesn’t mean the entire building is engulfed in flames. I was in a 5-unit apartment building that caught on fire. My unit wasn’t touched by the fire, smoke, or water from the fire department. I didn’t need to run back in and I wouldn’t have because of the severe danger, but it turned out that I would have survived if I did.
But don’t do it.
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