1. Had they fallen asleep, the firemen say, not one of them would have survived. 2. Firemen said the joist had been installed too close to the flue. 3. Another fireman said he is wrestling with the notion of quitting, saying he feels tremendous pressure not to let down his fallen comrades. 4. Fireman said he stopped briefly when his breath was so short that it felt like he was breathing through a straw. 5. Firemen said that many were injured, some killed, just driving or walking past outside. 6. Firemen said that they quickly controlled the fire on the train, but that two passengers were trapped and could only be released two hours later. 7. The fireman says yup. 8. A fireman said the cause of the blaze was not known, but said it was not thought to be arson. 9. A firemen said they had asked the Kuala Selangor district office for two boats to get across the pool. 10. A fireman said the building did not have fire hoses but only water pipes from the ground to the upper floors. |