Originally Posted by
Ian W
This actually was the right decision in hindsight probably based on a risk assessment from fire crew experts actually on the scene.
That's a contradiction in terms.
The "right" decision is the one taken at the time after consideration of all the information available and is not dependent on the consequences (intended or otherwise). No amount of 20/20 hindsight has any bearing on that.
The fact that after 500+ posts there is no consensus on what decision would have been "right" demonstrates only that we don't have access to all the available information.