Depends on what a person believes what hell is.
Some believe hell is the grave and people are resting (dormant/unconscience) in the grave, waiting for the Lords return and the first resurrection happens. Later, after the very end, the second resurrection happens and judgement of the wicked lost who are all dead (destroyed by the brightness of His coming) will be completely destroyed by eternal fire, never to exist again.
Others believe there is a place of eternal torment that lasts for eternity.
Others believe there are "compartments" in hell.
Likely other beliefs .... really it seems what the real question(s) surround ... immortality ... that is ....
is there anything at all immortal about us?
Is there "something conscience" that survives our earthly death? If so, where does that "something" go and what "form" is it in?
It's about the state of the dead (earthly death)
1 Thessalonians 4
The Return of the Lord
13Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those
who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
14For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those
who have fallen asleep in Him.
15By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord
will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep. 16For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
17After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
18Therefore encourage one another with these words.
Depending on what one believes about the state of the dead (earthly) ... leads them down different theology "paths", beliefs.