1. Oh, two rugs on the stone floor were smouldering but the fire was contained. 2. More than a hundred firemen are still trying to contain the fire at the plant. 3. Although unable to determine the cause of the fire, the National Transportation Safety Board used the incident to push for better methods for containing fires in cargo holds. 4. Barricade will allow them to quickly protect all the homes in an area and then get down to the business of containing the fire. 5. A. All the fires are contained and most are controlled, said George Cooper, fire resource manager in the Florida Department of Forestry. 6. After firefighters had contained the fire, the structure collapsed into an adjoining vacant lot on its north side. 7. But the fire was contained quickly and the damage and casualties on the ground held to a relatively small area. 8. Fires were contained by the afternoon, and workers continued to remove loose and hanging debris so that rescuers could safely continue their efforts. 9. Firefighters contain a fire by surrounding it with land that has been cleared, burned, soaked or covered with fire retardants. 10. High Santa Ana winds that blow in off the desert can play havoc with efforts to contain a fire. |