1.   City laws therefore prevented the Mayor from firing his chief.

2.   New Jersey Governor Christy Todd Whitman, fired the chief.

3.   The Police Commission has the power to fire the chief before his contract expires, subject to confirmation by the City Council.

4.   The Police Commission fired the chief for his involvement in the incident.

5.   A nitrogen tank may have been mistaken for an oxygen tank, said Bob Miles, an assistant fire chief from nearby Washington Township.

6.   A nitrogen tank may have been mistaken for an oxygen tank, said Bob Miles, an assistant fire chief.

7.   But he refused to fire his chief of presidential security, whom the mutineers blame for plans to weaken the army.

8.   But Bombay fire chief D.G. Kulkarni said he would not offer comment until the conclusion of an official inquiry.

9.   But he refused to fire his chief of presidential security, whom the mutineers accuse of trying to weaken the army.

10.   Investors sold marks in overseas trading after President Boris Yeltsin fired security chief Alexander Lebed in an attempt to end recent Kremlin infighting.