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2nd grader learned about murals and began creating the backdrops for the little town of Bethlehem. K and 1st graders will complete the mural with houses and trees.
St Ives Road, Carbis Bay, St Ives at 26/07/2011 00:56
The first of fifty 999 calls was received at just before 0100hrs, 26 July 2011, reporting a building under construction ablaze. Fire crews from St Ives and Camborne were mobilised.
When they arrived, the firefighters were confronted with a fierce fire involving a timber-framed dwelling, measuring 20 metres by 30 metres. The fire was spreading to an adjoining building, measuring 20 metres by 20 metres, which had been previously used as a residential care home. Further assistance was requested and additional fire crews attended from Penzance, Camborne, Redruth, Helston, St Just, Perranporth and Falmouth. An aerial ladder platform and command support vehicle from Truro, an incident command unit from St Just, water carriers from Helston and Wadebridge and an operational support vehicle from Falmouth also attended. At its height, just under 100 firefighters were in attendance.
The firefighters, some wearing breathing apparatus, worked hard in difficult conditions to stop the fire spreading further and to ensure occupants of surrounding properties were evacuated to a safe area. Six jets, one monitor and the aerial ladder platform monitor was used to extinguish the fire by 0415hrs. Electrical engineers attended to isolate live electrical cables and gas engineers attended to isolate the gas supplies.
An investigation has started into the cause of the fire and fire crews will remain on scene for some time damping down.
Update at 1130 hours: The incident is now scaled down. Appliances from Camborne and Penzance, also the aerial ladder platform and a water carrier from Helston are in attendance. Crews are damping down hot spots, fire investigation is now taking place, Cornwall Fire & Rescue are working with building control and contractors using plant equipment to dismantle the building.
Update at 1730 hours: Resources which have been on scene all day damping down and making the scene safe have now left. A preliminary fire investigation has been taking place during the day. A Fire Investigation Team will recommence at the scene at 0930 hours tomorrow morning.
A village elder of Mizan, Afghanistan, distributes binding documents to family members, in front of a group of Ulamas and village elders, in order to settle a 51-year dispute between the two families at the Mizan District Center, Jan. 15. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Phil Kernisan)
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