So, I need two fires actually. The first is survived by the MC during her childhood but leaves interesting scars and the second is the one the MC faces to take care of the antagonist.
Here is what I know about fire. It burns uphill (outdoors anyway). It needs fuel. I need to stay away from fire (have own issues with fire which of course is why the MC is dealing with it!)
In fire A, I need the fire to be lit from the outside and burn the bedroom in which the MC is sleeping, have some thing fall on the MC, pinning her, and have the smoke so thick she can't see or breathe much (but she is rescued).
In fire B, antagonist starts fire with trail of gasoline to area where she is. But she needs to survive it, so needs enough time to do that.
I had a client tell me that when he first got back from VN he fought the fantasy to pour a trail of gas to some car, then set it off just to see it blow up. How long does that take? Is it survivable?
When one is rescued, what kinds of things do they check for? Smoke inhalation? how do they do that? Burns?
For my story (I am NOT writing an medical thriller but certainly want what I do write to be accurate), I need to her to have quite a scar up the back of her arm, and, given that she was pregnant, to lose her kid. Realistic? Injuries her rescuer might have (also survives).
Any good resources/site recommendations?
And traces of accelerant - would there be stains anywhere?
Curious about this (and yes, if my computer were ever confiscated and they looked for recent searches....)
Here is what I know about fire. It burns uphill (outdoors anyway). It needs fuel. I need to stay away from fire (have own issues with fire which of course is why the MC is dealing with it!)
In fire A, I need the fire to be lit from the outside and burn the bedroom in which the MC is sleeping, have some thing fall on the MC, pinning her, and have the smoke so thick she can't see or breathe much (but she is rescued).
In fire B, antagonist starts fire with trail of gasoline to area where she is. But she needs to survive it, so needs enough time to do that.
I had a client tell me that when he first got back from VN he fought the fantasy to pour a trail of gas to some car, then set it off just to see it blow up. How long does that take? Is it survivable?
When one is rescued, what kinds of things do they check for? Smoke inhalation? how do they do that? Burns?
For my story (I am NOT writing an medical thriller but certainly want what I do write to be accurate), I need to her to have quite a scar up the back of her arm, and, given that she was pregnant, to lose her kid. Realistic? Injuries her rescuer might have (also survives).
Any good resources/site recommendations?
And traces of accelerant - would there be stains anywhere?
Curious about this (and yes, if my computer were ever confiscated and they looked for recent searches....)