You absolutely have to be kidding. Here are some of the things that would have comprised that fuel:
– Up to 180,000 gallons of fuel oil, diesel fuel and transformer oil (a high estimate)
– 2,000 automobiles and trucks. Not all were burned, but a large percentage were (I'm not aware of a count) Each one with fuel on board, each with four tires, foam and fabric upholstery and carpeting, engine oil, rubber hoses, belts, weatherstripping, wiring harnesses, loads of plastic, paint.
– Carpeting. Doesn't sound like a big deal. Imagine going into your local carpet dealer and asking for installation for your living room. Dimensions: 20 feet wide, 65 miles long. Add carpet backing or padding to that.
– Tens of thousands of miles of wiring covered with plastic insulation.
– 5 million square feet of painted surfaces.
– Hundreds of tons of wood and particle board.
– Millions of pounds of paper
– 20,000 viscoelastic tower shock absorbers.
– Tens of thousands of computer terminals covered in plastic.
– Hundreds of tons of trading-floor equipment.
– Tens of thousands of telephones covered in plastic.
– Thousands of fax machines covered in plastic.
– Thousands of copiers and toner cartridges covered in plastic.
– Thousands of computer peripherals: printers, scanners, hubs, zip drives (remember them?), millions of CD-ROMs and floppy disks. User manuals for everything. Calculators. Everything covered in plastic.
– All of the electronics above have plastic-insulated wiring and plastic circuit boards.
– About 75,000 chairs, most with foam padding and synthetic coverings.
– Hundreds of upholstered couches.
– Millions of plastic pens and markers.
– Tens of thousands of cardboard boxes
– Tens of thousands of plastic wastebaskets
– Tons and tons of flammable mailroom supplies
– Hundreds of supply closets filled with office consumables, including untold quantities of paper and plastic.
– The contents of the receiving areas: perhaps thousands of boxes of supplies
– Thousands of flammable items used by repair and maintenance crews.
– The contents of over 100 retail stores, with all their merchandise, shelves and display cases, and back rooms filled with stock in boxes. These include 18 clothing stores, several bookstores, newsstands, card shops, two music stores (plastic!), two consumer electronics stores, pharmacies.
– The contents of Windows on the World, the highest-grossing restaurant in the U.S. and one of the largest, with all of its supplies, oils, table linens, wall treatments, upholstered furniture, etc.
– The contents of numerous other restaurants, cafés and snack bars.