Cunha, who studied housing legislation and case-law in order to get to grips with residents' rights, has also trained as a community firefighter, and has been instrumental in getting extinguishers placed at strategic points around the community.
It's as though every factory in our society had an advanced fire safety system – smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, sprinklers, high pressure hoses, fancy fire extinguishers – while everybody's home had nothing.
Dozens of police with extinguishers and fire blankets stood among the crowds of pilgrims and holidaymakers.
Many of the soldiers are armed, not just with guns but with fire extinguishers in case Tibetans set fire to themselves.
Fire extinguishers have become the accoutrement of choice for police patrols (see picture) as far away as Lhasa, the Tibetan capital some 1,200km south-west of Songpan.The anger and desperation that has prompted Tibetans to set fire to themselves is common across the plateau.
Other props include raw meat and fire extinguishers.
Some officers used their batons while others resorted, bravely but ineffectually, to wielding fire extinguishers which they found at the scene.
Windows were smashed, fires lit, fire extinguishers flung from the roof and police pelted with sticks.
It can be piped into greenhouses to improve plant yields and is used in food processing, water treatment and fire extinguishers, among other things.
Windows were smashed, fires lit, fire extinguishers flung from the roof and the outnumbered police pelted with sticks.
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