The inquests into the deaths of the 48 young people who died in the 1981 Stardust fire continued today with more testimony from survivors.
Teresa Kenny told the court how she noticed the smell of smoke around five to 10 minutes before the fire was first spotted, at approximately 1.40am in the early hours of 14 February.
She told the court that her sister then went up to a bouncer to alert him to the smell, but was told to "sit down".
She said she did not know if her sister had been told to sit back down in a "friendly" or "non-friendly" way.
She also said she did not see the doorman investigate the smell.
In court, Ms Kenny compared the smell to that of burning cardboard.
The jury was also told she was 17 at the time and had been a regular at the club, for a "good year".
She agreed that she never had any trouble getting in.
She said the fire was "small" when she first saw it, but then told of how it got big shortly afterwards.
She also described hearing people inside the club shouting and banging on exit door number four, after she got out of the main entrance.
"You could hear them banging on the handle, nothing was happening," she said.
She added that people on the outside were trying to pull the doors open. She told the court that people were also pulling on exit number five to try get it open.
She said she did not see anyone get out exit four and five while she was there.
Earlier, Kenneth Strong described how he saw something falling from the ceiling as the fire took hold, the court heard it being described as flaming melting plastic.
He was asked by counsel representing families of the victims, whether the source of the fire he saw was in the ceiling, he said that's the way he recalled it.
"That’s how I remember it, that’s the one thing that stuck in my mind," he said.
Nineteen years old that time, he said when he first saw the fire, it was his impulse to get out, and told the court today his initial reaction was "it’s bad news".
The court also heard that he told his friends he was leaving.
Kenneth Strong had been working in Superquinn in the nearby Northside Shopping Centre at the time and a number of staff had gone to the disco that night.
Among others, he had been in the company of Liam Dunne, David Morton, and sisters Martina and Mary Keegan who were all among the 48 who died.
At one point today, the coroner Dr Myra Cullinane addressing Kenneth Strong, said she understood it was difficult, "because you saw terrible things that night, but we have to go through them".
Mr Strong told the court how he made his way out the main entrance, also known as Exit 2 and agreed he was among the first to escape.
Asked if there was anyone directing him towards the exit, he replied, "No".
He also said there was no one managing the situation outside.
He later said he had not been drinking too much on the night and had he been with other friends, "it may have been very different".
He also told the court that he recalled seeing chains on the doors of the fire exits on previous occasions he was in the club.
The court earlier heard from John King who was 20 years old at the time. He was in the club on the night in question, but left before the fire was first noticed.
The jury heard how he had fallen asleep in the seating area known as the North Alcove and that he was woken up by a friend who spotted him at approximately 1:15am - around 20 minutes before the fire was first spotted.
"Only for him, I wouldn’t be here," he told the court today.
He told the inquests how he left via the main entrance and said the doors had to be unlocked by a bouncer and that the shutters had to be pulled up for him to get out.
He said the shutters were pulled down after he left, telling the inquests he heard the shutters slamming down as he left.
He also agreed that he had a "few drinks on" but had no problem getting into the club that night.
