Complex sentence: The blaze soared about 40 to 50 feet and had taken about 80 firefighters an hour and a half to extinguish, and some victims had been so badly charred that they had to be identified by dental and medical records.
Split into simpler sentences: The blaze soared about 40 to 50 feet and had taken about 80 firefighters an hour and a half to extinguish. Some of the victims had been so badly charred that they had to be identified by dental and medical records.