31.   After that, fire officials moved their command post to a firehouse in Greenwich Village, at Houston Street and Avenue of the Americas.

32.   After the second collapse, several fire officials said they viewed the situation as particularly bleak.

33.   But apparently they did so without informing ACOG security or fire officials.

34.   But certain safety precautions did not exist, according to fire officials.

35.   But fire officials said it is too soon to declare victory because the temperature is climbing, humidity is falling and the wind is blowing.

36.   But fire officials said he was suspended because the accounts of civilians and cooperating firefighters placed him at the center of the fights.

37.   But fire officials say it is not only their clearance rate that is suffering.

38.   But fire officials were reluctant to disclose any identities until a formal confirmation had been made and family members had been notified.

39.   But Phoenix police and fire officials have said that is unlikely.

40.   But service to some buildings was not fully restored, because building managers or fire officials had not determined that it was safe to do so.