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Power was shut down at about 12:30 p.m. on Sunday so CFD could extinguish the fire, and was restored about four hours later. But residents were not permitted to return to their homes until almost 9 p.m. because CFD had to test carbon monoxide levels in each apartment...
Modern technology has given us the tools to extinguish entire fish populations, and because man is a can-do critter, that's what we're doing. After climbing steadily for the past 50 years, the worldwide catch of seafood has begun to drop. We're fishing out the oceans, at the same time that the need for seafood is soaring. Of the 6 billion of us on the planet, 1 billion rely on fish as their primary source of protein...
...plane pending notification of next of kin, but Arab newspapers have alleged the personnel may have been training in the U.S. "The facts of this case are not as important as the impression that our government is attempting to conceal the facts," the council wrote. "In order to extinguish any rumor of conspiracy in this matter, we ask that you offer full disclosure on the details of this aspect of this tragedy." But the air crash aside, there's nothing unusual about the Pentagon being a little circumspect about the mission of a group of foreign military officers here...
...fire, however, proved easy to contain and extinguish. CFD reported that the fire damaged a set of architectural drawings on a desk. Most of the damage was either smoke- or water-related...
...fire-buffs, living around Boston is heaven. We know about the legendary fire captain who could extinguish a five-story blaze with solely the deck gun on his engine...