After Fire Strikes a Building Q I have a friend who had to move out of his apartment in the Bronx because of a fire in the building.
Should the fire strikes end in anything less than an unequivocal victory for the Government, there will be some ugly laying of the blame between Number 10 and the Treasury.
The article "When Fire Strikes" (June 15) about the two big Yonkers blazes was published less than two weeks after a fire at 300 South Central Avenue in Edgemont left a number of Greenburgh families homeless.
Fortunately, he is equal to every challenge, first nursing his wife back to health and then, when the fire strikes, dashing into the flames to pull the girls to safety.
It may be more important to prevent people from building homes in fire-prone areas, they note, and help those who already live in danger zones fireproof their structures and learn how to flee safely if fire strikes.
"We want to influence, to use our unique access in all sorts of countries to build capacity, to stabilise, and prevent conflict," Gen Houghton explains, "as well as being the 'go-to' organisation for domestic crisis, whether it's fire strikes, foot and mouth, or Olympic security".
