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Tony Hwang

wrote:
There was a fire in one of the units of my highrise in the past year. One of the tenants said that that there was so much smoke that it was hard to find his way through the hallway to the stairwell. Obviously, this means that smoke billowed into the stairwell when the door was opened by those getting to the stairwell. For a month or two afterward, there was an industrial size HEPA filter on the floor on which the fire occurred. I'm pretty sure there was no specific cleaning of the hallway, but I could be wronga bout that. However, I would be shocked if there was even the slightest thought of cleaning the stairwell.

I use to climb the entire stairwell for exercise -- twice a day. This was after the fire. However, I've been reading of the residue that can be left behind after a fire. Is it unwise to use the stairwell for exercise? This question is relevant to highrises in general because with that many units, I'm sure that the probability of fire having occured and pumped smoke into the stairwell is quite high. Likely proportional to the age of the building.

Hi,
Do you have any symptom(s)? Genetically do you have strong, healthy
bronchial passages and lungs? How many stories are you climbing?
In my working days in downtown, I used to climb 180 feet tower staircase
up/down for United way fund raising. I don't think I can do it now. Even
keeping up with my band playing euphonium is enough as is, LOL!