Just learned about the Kaprun disaster in which 155 people lost their lives when an underground train caught fire.
There were only 12 survivors all of whom followed the advice of a retired firefighter who advised them to run downhill through the flames in the rear of the train.
The steep incline of the tunnel acted as a blast furnace that sucked in fresh air from the low end and funneled toxic smoke to the high end.
Not sure how applicable this will be to anyone here, but I thought it a great example of how a little more widespread knowledge of how fire works could have saved a lot of lives.
Tl;dr fire bad but smoke worse. Get to fresh air.
I’ve known compulsive liars . They aren’t good at lying during emergencies. When people panic they have a hard time opening up doors without instructions. People don’t make up lies on those situations. Atleast it’s very unlikely. Tweaked or not.
As for mental illness I guess if the person already believes themselves to be a fire fighter because of mental illnesses they might continue that belief on a fire. But again that has to be pretty rare.