This reasoning has recently been challenged on the grounds that the deaths of poor and middle-class people were not recorded; moreover, the heat of the fire may have cremated many victims, leaving no recognisable remains.
Este razoamento foi desafiado recentemente considerando que as mortes de pobres e de persoas de clase media non foron rexistradas, e que a calor puido incinerar a moitas vítimas sen deixar restos recoñecibles.