31.   Firefighters took two minutes to put out the blaze and free the four men aboard.

32.   Manhattanites Spiros Kopelakis and Shirley Dreifus say the firefighters took the flag from their charter yacht, which was moored near the twin towers.

33.   Residents breathed a sigh of relief Monday as firefighters took advantage of cooler, cloudy weather to get the upper hand on a fire threatening dozens of mountain homes.

34.   The pre-dawn strike left a gaping hole on the first floor and plunged the upper floors into flames that firefighters took hours to extinguish.

35.   Twenty-five firefighters took more than three hours to extinguish the blaze.

36.   Union leaders were unable to say how many firefighters would take part in the dispute.

37.   Firefighters took advantage of cool, humid conditions Sunday to try to contain blazes ahead of high temperatures and higher winds expected Monday.

38.   Firefighters took four hours to bring it under control.

39.   Firefighters had earlier taken advantage of cool, humid conditions Sunday to try to contain blazes ahead of high temperatures and higher winds expected Monday.

40.   Firefighters took almost four hours to bring the blaze under control.