By the time the door finally opened, thick smoke had begun filling the floor. The staircase -- their only escape route -- had already become a tunnel of smoke and flames.
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By the time the door finally opened, thick smoke had begun filling the floor. The staircase -- their only escape route -- had already become a tunnel of smoke and flames.
