31.   Police sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the canister was equivalent in size to a standard fire extinguisher.

32.   Six large gas canisters had been stored in the restaurant, the mall owner told police.

33.   Tests determined the canister was unstable and could not be moved for disposal, so it likely will be detonated at the site.

34.   The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board contends Hanford managers have pushed their luck at the Plutonium Finishing Plant, where the canisters are stored.

35.   The liquid, Kazi said, was soapy water from a clogged sink and the canister was a food dish.

36.   There are enough canisters to last for more than two months, according to space officials.

37.   These officials said the canisters were probably harmless.

38.   Gregory Feith, an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, said authorities were still not sure the canisters were empty.

39.   In one development on this front Thursday, scientists established that the canister involved was of Belgian origin, since it complied with Belgian specifications rather than French ones.

40.   Investigators believe the canisters may have been the source of the fire that caused the crash.