Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Story & Character Discussion Well, that's interesting. <-- No exclamation point

Went to Waukeen's Rest a little late, got the Spellsparkler. Went upstairs to rescue the trapped guy, but he was already dead. Weird. I thought if the former were still available, so too would be the latter. There was a nice explosion when I shot the burning door open, but I don't think that was it.

It depends.

If you go past the area to trigger the flames actually existing, then both will die if you progress time (I.e. Go to camp)

Once you initiate getting into the place, an explosion denotes when the fire starts spreading (Rapidly) towards the trapped guy, while the woman is pretty safe inside her room. This puts the guy on a timer before he dies to the flames, while the woman is never in danger.