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On a New York island, firefighters set homes ablaze
Jul 4th, 2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Firefighters will spend the next two weeks setting homes ablaze on a small island in New York Harbor for one purpose: Saving lives. Eighteen abandoned townhouses on New York City's Governor's Island, formerly housing for members of the Coast Guard, have been turned into a setting for roaring fires in experiments aimed to develop new strategies firefighters can use to save lives. In one on Tuesday, a match was lit near newspaper in the basement of a fully-furnished home. ... (Source: Reuters) -
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