31.   On Friday, dozens of local firefighters stood by dry hoses observing the fire as others built a series of pipelines to transport water from several Abidjan neighborhoods.

32.   St. Kitts Tourism Minister Dwyer Astaphan welcomed the Caruso family, saying local firefighters, soldiers and Rotary Club members all wanted to meet the family.

33.   State authorities were sending civil defense workers to help local firefighters.

34.   The agency said the fire was extinguished by local firefighters.

35.   The bright side, local firefighters joke, is that the silo guarantees them steady work.

36.   Workers with the Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corp. joined local firefighters in freeing the passengers.

37.   If there is enough evidence of a body under the debris, local firefighters are called in to search through the site.

38.   But local firefighters said only two deaths had been confirmed.

39.   Twelve people died and eight were injured in a fire early Wednesday in a discotheque near Amarante in northern Portugal, local firefighters said.

40.   Local firefighters said there were no survivors.