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fastom, I think that you're comparing apples and oranges. While I certainly agree that your real-world experience holds true when dealing with the small flame of a cutting torch, what's actually being discussed here is a fire whose base is several thousand square feet per floor with heat being conducted from the lowest floor to the top. As for wind, I really don't see how that's relevant. The interior of the fires were being fed through a chimney effect through the stairwells by the doors used during the evacuation. Given the number of folks that escaped after the plane strikes, I can't imagine that those would remain closed for very long. Then there's also the ductwork of the HVAC system that would also conduct oxygen throughout the fire zone.
I think if you look at any well-recorded event, you'll find small inconsistencies here and there that can be explained away to almost everyone's acceptance. The key is "almost".
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