The Hertfordshire resident hailed the police’s rapid response to the worrying situation, as officers responded quickly to the blaze while an “acrid smell of burning tyres filled the air”.

Source: https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/hertfordshire-news/hertfordshire-fire-rescue-service-crews-8593103

The lunchtime blast left a crater several stories deep, sent acrid smoke up the center’s north tower and killed six people.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/nyregion/world-trade-center-1993.html

There was also an acrid smell of smoke.

Source: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/10899756/cambridge-house-fire-two-children-and-woman-die/

The wood smoke in our south Laguna neighborhood was simply too acrid.

Source: https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/opinion-green-light-wood-burning-smoke-is-deadly/