For the Dublin whiskey fire:<p>> People drank the 6 inches (150 mm) deep river of whiskey that is said to have flowed as far as the Coombe. None of the fatalities suffered during the fire were due to smoke inhalation, burns, or any other form of direct contact with the fire itself; all of them were attributed to alcohol poisoning.<p>No one was killed as a result of the fire. They all died from drinking to much of the river of whiskey. Wow