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That might explain it. Even the vacant houses usually smell of more than wood when they burn, but vacant, of course, doesn't always mean empty-of-stuff. The smell was a little stronger up on the third floor, but the wind still carried most of it away from me.

I also wonder whether any lead abatement work had been done on the house that caught fire tonight and not on the ones I'm used to smelling. The faint metallic tang was missing. (Of course, none of the other house fires have smelled as metallic as the old paint factory that burned a few blocks away.)