A few years back, a Rhode Island night club had a fire during a major concert. In the dark and crammed space and in the midst of confusion, some 200 trapped people perished in the flames.
Why wouldn't the fire department blow out a section of a wall as the military commonly does and lead people out that way? I understand the structure of a building in flames is already compromised, but there have to be situations where this is considerably less risky than having a large group of people perish by fire, smoke, or trampling.
Would it be possible to 1) pick out the most strategic side of the building to punch through, 2) pick out the strongest wall structurally, 3) blow out small holes right below the ceiling support and insert temporary supporting frame from the outside, and then 4) blow out a bigger hole for rescue.
Or, have an armor vehicle with a re-enforced ram/tunnel in the front. Ram the wall to punch a tunnel while the tunnel itself holds up the weakened structure. This may be a more expensive way than having a demo specialist or two in every region.
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It's quite possible that blowing a hole might be a good solution in some specific situation but the other factors can be disastrous. Any fire is a panic situation and it probably is difficult or impossible to know the results of an explosion in an unknown structure or how many people may be in the area where the hole is to be made. These decisions must be left to those expert in deciding on the proper action. It might be possible to carefully force a re-enforced fireproof tube through a wall large enough for people to escape through the tube but specific conditions must be taken into account.