21.   Firefighters had to wade through nearly waist-deep water to reach the four girls.

22.   Firefighters have an innate sense of what it means to be of assistance, Adams believes.

23.   Firefighters have had to adhere to an identical grooming standard for several years, he said.

24.   Firefighters also had to wait for sunup to reach the hardest-hit areas because live power lines blocked some of their routes.

25.   Firefighters had to immediately move on to fires elsewhere in the region.

26.   Firefighters had to nearly quadruple the number of people it would take to fight a wildfire in an area without homes.

27.   For the first time since the fire began, firefighters had smiles from ear to ear.

28.   Future firefighters may not have to train under searing heat, flames or toxic fumes.

29.   He described the winds as severe and erratic, and said several firefighters had to be removed from the changing path of the blaze.

30.   In some cases, firefighters had to walk through burning potions of the wrecked plane to rescue badly burned survivors who in some cases lost limbs.