From what could have been a very costly fire, a customer and a fire extinguisher made all the difference:
The Wal-Mart Supercenter store near Chesapeake Square Mall was evacuated Sunday after a fire broke out in the women’s clothing section. No one was hurt and the fire was quickly extinguished, said Capt. Steve Johnson, a Fire Department spokesman.
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The latest about the Station Nightclub Fire From The Boston Globe:
Denis P. Laroque, West Warwick's fire marshal, said in an interview with investigators five days after the February 2003 fire that he had concentrated his inspection the prior November on the club's failure to fix a previously cited problem with an exit door, improperly mounted fire extinguishers, and an open gasoline can in the basement.
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From Town Online:
Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea J. Cabral recently announced that more than 175 electronically monitored fire extinguishers were installed in two of the Department's correctional facilities - the Suffolk County House of Correction at South Bay and the Suffolk County Jail on Nashua Street, both in Boston. The extinguisher monitoring technology named en-Gauge was developed and installed by Rockland-based MIJA, Inc.
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October 17th, Staten Island:
Torres, who lives in the house with his wife and his parents, heard the boy crying at about 1:30 a.m., which struck him as odd. About a half hour later, he smelled smoke coming in through the vents of his own bedroom, which adjoins Isaiah's room. Torres went outside and saw smoke pouring from the side apartment, he said.
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A fire that began in a chemistry lab destroyed a high school, leaving more than 1,000 students without a school building for the rest of the year.
A teacher spotted the fire around 2 p.m. Wednesday at Eastern Guilford High School and tried to put it out with an extinguisher, but then pulled the alarm. The school, which has 1,060 students, was evacuated, with students, teachers and other employees going to a nearby church.
The cause of the fire was under investigation.
Inspectection trouble for Sacramento Schools:
Sacramento Fire Department Assistant Chief Troy Malaspino: "A major violation. One of the top two or three items we would require an immediate fix if it was brought to our attention."
Records show evacuation plans were missing at more than 13 schools.
Inspections conducted by the city show fire extinguishers and sprinkler systems that have not been checked or certified for years.
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Fort Wayne AL.:
The vandalism happened sometime late Monday night and the vandals threw much of the football equipment in the field house onto the floor, stopped up the drains on the sinks and turned the water on, causing the facility to flood. Some football helmets were stuffed into urinals. Vandals also broke into the gym, where they removed trophies from a display case, placed them in the middle of the gym floor and sprayed them with fire extinguishers.
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Comcast technician Jeff Edmondson was getting off Interstate 5 at Sunset Drive when he saw a collision of three cars, one of which had smoke coming out from under its hood. He said people were standing around the crash, but none of them had a fire extinguisher. As the car smoked, the woman inside appeared to be unconscious.
