When in a house filling with smoke is it better to hold your breath so as not to inhale smoke or breath heavily to inhale any oxygen you can?

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When in a house filling with smoke is it better to hold your breath so as not to inhale smoke or breath heavily to inhale any oxygen you can?

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Generally, if there is thick smoke, you should hold your breath or take shallow breaths as to avoid inhaling excessive smoke.

Standard procedure is to crawl as low to the ground as possible, as smoke rises & you’ll be inhaling the least amount of smoke at this level.

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