11.   After weeks in the smoke, firefighters say, simple pleasures feel like enormous rewards.

12.   Also, firefighters said the boy was up when the fire broke out.

13.   But at the time, black firefighters say, there was only one way to correct the imbalance.

14.   But firefighters say interest has increased.

15.   But firefighters said the flames were headed away from the hillside community of Inverness Park and toward the Pacific Ocean.

16.   But minority firefighters say the consent decree has made the department as diverse as any in the country.

17.   But it went too far, white firefighters said.

18.   But some firefighters said that the news failed to ease their growing sense of vulnerability.

19.   But the black firefighters said the hiring would increase racial tensions in the department, which they have criticized as lacking diversity.

20.   But volunteer firefighter Preston Hernandez said an underground cellar saved the lives of one family and friends.