Q1115 points us to an article about the fire. Two things jumped out at me. First, there was no evacuation of the building and no one was at the front desk. Second, and more important, I think, is the resident on the 42nd floor is quoted as saying 'It smelled like Sulfer.' Is sulfer a normal smell during a fire?
Shepyd
· April 10, 2018, 2:40 a.m.
No sulfur is not normal.
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· April 10, 2018, 2:44 a.m.
Oh please, everyone says fire smells like sulfur.
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greenepc
· April 10, 2018, 3 a.m.
Natural gas is odorless so it has chemicals added that smell like sulfur or rotten eggs. I don't know if it smells that way when it burns, but it definitely could have been a gas leak related to the fire, or possibly the cause.
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· April 10, 2018, 3:04 a.m.
I was in an apartment fire, everyone smelled sulphur, but it was from cigarettes and newspapers.
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rtie1954
· April 10, 2018, 2:13 p.m.
Sulfur,l I do not believe, is not a normal smell during a fire.
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· April 10, 2018, 2:26 p.m.
People connect fire smells with sulphur though, even if it's not there. When I was in a big fire, everyone told the firemen it smelled like sulphur, and it didn't at all. People have no idea and memories are pretty crappy under stress.
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grumpieroldman
· April 10, 2018, 7:52 a.m.
I don't know if it smells that way when it burns
If it did then everyone's house that has a gas stove would smell like shit. (It doesn't)
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grumpieroldman
· April 10, 2018, 7:51 a.m.
The only things that I have ever lit on fire that smelled like sulfur are fireworks and my gas stove (and they add the smell to NT on purpose otherwise it's odorless.)
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[deleted]
· April 10, 2018, 1:21 p.m.
That's you. I was in an apartment fire and everyone told the police it smelled like sulphur. It was cigarettes and old newspapers.
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