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Airborne toxins after Universal Studios fire within health limits
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P (05-04) 04:00 PDT Albuquerque Firefighters worked in cooler, calmer weather Saturday to clear lines around a blaze that has burned nearly 60 homes and more than 20 square miles in the mountains of central New Mexico. (article 4)
Authorities were able to confirm Saturday that 50 homes burned last week in a fire caused by humans in the Manzano Mountains, southeast of Albuquerque, said Linda Peters (article 4)
The blaze had been 95 percent contained before a spot fire flared Wednesday and wind gusts of more than 50 mph drove the flames to the northeast. (article 4)
(CBC) The Calgary Fire Department gave credit to volunteer fire wardens at a downtown office tower with preventing a potential disaster. (article 2)
Fire broke out just before lunchtime Tuesday in a 13th-floor computer room of the First Alberta Place building at 777-8th Ave. S.W. The small fire was put out quickly and no one was hurt, said fire department spokesman Jeff Budai. (article 2)
Preliminary results of tests done on the air at Universal Studios' smoky back lots Sunday found levels of benzene and other toxic contaminants six times or more above normal. (article 1)
Air regulators released the results today, taken from tests of air 200 yards downwind of the fire. (article 1)
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- Airborne toxins after Universal Studios fire within health limits (L.A. Times, 06/02/2008, 526 words)
- Fire evacuates three floors of downtown tower (cbc.ca, 06/03/2008, 236 words)
- Lieutenant rescues woman from S. Side fire :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime (suntimes.com, 06/03/2008, 246 words)
- Cooler weather helps in battle against fire (sfgate.com, 06/03/2008, 274 words)
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