Blade is indeed correct—I spent my own investigation focusing on the door to the banquet hall. The doors were badly burnt and chunks were absent near the middle. I examined the pattern of the marks the flames left behind, and the doors were more heavily burnt towards the middle, centering around the door handles and sides of the doors. The wood was split, cracks lining across the door, but 'twas impossible to discern the trajectory of those cracks. Additionally, I was unable to determine what the more detailed damage originated from—the fire, or those who were trapped inside rightfully hitting the door.

[ He sighs, crossing his arms. ]

Revisiting those pieces missing from the door... one of the door handles was missing, seemingly knocked out of its place as the wood was splintered and curved outward. Any other damage was difficult for me to find given the state of the door, but that was the most notable by far.

Now, last but certainly not least, were the obstacles on the floor. I believe they had to be moved to allow those who were in the library to exit, but if anyone would like to provide more testimony to that fact, I would be glad to hear it. As for what those objects were, I found cast iron pots and pans that had been haphazardly stacked, a butcher's block on wheels, an upended box of produce and I noticed that a rolling pin had escaped as well. Most of these items had been a tad scorched.

Chunks and splinters of wood had been scattered outward from the door as well.

Underneath the tables in the banquet hall, I also found that door handle. 'Twas subject to less fire damage than the door itself, but saw a similar amount of damage as the assortment of items I found. I should also like to mention that the curved handle had some slight pitting in the metal. This pitting was not consistent with an impossibly strong grip.

Finally, I spotted that the fireplace located in the banquet hall was missing one of its pokers.