There was smoke and fumes rising for months. Even after the mayor announced that the fire was out, it would start up again and die back down several times more.Brings back bad memories (of working in the area shortly afterwards). You can see in some of the pics how the ash and drywall and concrete dust coated everything for blocks all around. And there was smoke coming out of the hole several days afterwards.
Y'know, I was thinking "months", but thought I remembered it wrong.There was smoke and fumes rising for months. Even after the mayor announced that the fire was out, it would start up again and die back down several times more.