Sentence examples for contain fires from inspiring English sources

Cooler temperatures also helped partially contain fires in in the Angeles National Forest and foothill communities east of Los Angeles.

And while many use quick-closing fire doors to isolate and contain fires, the trend in museum design toward long, open spaces poses its own difficulties.

The thick, four-layered doors outside the second-floor windows were designed to contain fires and keep them from spreading to neighboring buildings.

They were deep into the mountains southwest of here, lugging enough equipment to cut deep trenches around the flames, one of the strategies that Hotshot teams use to try to contain fires.

Pictures on Syria TV showed firemen battling to contain fires as black smoke rose from charred trucks and cars.

Active fire protection includes automatic fire detection and fire suppression systems while the passive fire protection's main purpose is to attempt to contain fires or slower their spread.

Vincent Dunn, a retired fire chief and an authority on high-rise fire safety, said the rapid collapse of the trade center's towers undermined the public's faith that such buildings could resist and contain fire.

In 2009, more than one dozen soldiers lost their lives while trying to contain fire in a mountain region.

It is hard to control or contain "fire and fury".

At nighttime, after the stultifying evening traffic has eased and the streets begin to empty, the orange light of small contained fires flickers from street corners.

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