1. Corporal Stephen Paterson had been drinking with his friend, Senior Aircraftsman Douglas Bailey, before the catastrophic fire at RAF Hullavington. 2. Alpine tunnels have suffered three catastrophic fires in less three years, and all of them were caused by trucks. 3. A century of fire suppression has left forests virtually devoid of grasses and chock-full of small trees that are creating potentially catastrophic fire hazards in many places. 4. Cole joined the group after the catastrophic fire. 5. Decades of suppressing fires, without efforts to remove dead timber, have left vast regions of public lands susceptible to catastrophic fires, the report said. 6. Even in the Everglades, a severe drought could lead to catastrophic fires that would hurt plants and animals by burning away the muck soil. 7. He said Old Tucson had never had a catastrophic fire until now. 8. Since before World War II, fire departments and other agencies encouraged burial of fuel and chemical tanks to prevent catastrophic fires. 9. State foresters believe prescribed burns and harvesting timber or cutting brush can prevent catastrophic fires and return some woodlands to a more natural state. 10. States could receive federal insurance coverage for a natural disaster such as a hurricane or catastrophic fire under a bill passed by a House committee Wednesday. |
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