11. If a kitchen fire is contained in a pot or skillet, you often can use a tight lid to smother the fire. 12. Le Shuttle cars are designed to contain fires if one should break out in an automobile being carried through the tunnel. 13. Late Wednesday, state officials said that, though it was hot, the winds had not kicked up again, helping contain the fire. 14. Officials said they hoped to have the fire fully contained by Saturday evening. 15. On a fire like this one, the crews mainly pick defensible lines called firebreaks like roads to contain the fire. 16. The fire was contained and the tide of fuel stemmed in about a half hour, he said. 17. The fire is safely contained in the combustion chamber, but the heat has be transmitted throughout the house. 18. The firebox is a conical steel structure that contains the fire. 19. These buildings employ fire-resistant construction, intended to contain a fire with extra-thick walls and doors designed to withstand flames for an hour. 20. They are supposed to contain a fire by smothering it. |