Sentence examples for quell a fire from inspiring English sources

Elissa Gootman (NYT) QUEENS: 8 INJURED IN CLUB FIRE -- Firefighters worked for nearly 11 hours to quell a fire that broke out Saturday at a Queens karaoke club that is being converted into a pool hall, the authorities said.

In the Lake View Terrace area near the Angeles National Forest, firefighters on Thursday managed to quell a fire spreading rapidly in parched, rugged terrain just 15 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.

In June 1917, Baker was awarded a bar to his decoration for his part in quelling a fire in one of the artillery gun pits that was endangering approximately 300 rounds of shrapnel and high explosive.

But if it was merely associated with the disease, lowering CRP would have no more effect on health than quelling a shrieking fire alarm would have on putting out a fire.

It was an incident at Camp Bucca on Jan . 31that most recently exposed the potential hazards of the detainee system: Four detainees were killed and six wounded when guards fired shots to quell a well-organized uprising.

The West and human rights bodies denounced the Kazakh government after police opened fire in December 2011 to quell a revolt by striking oil workers in the western town of Zhanaozen.

In Chitwan district, some protesters were injured when the police fired rubber bullets to quell a disturbance, Nepalese authorities said.

Guards fired tear gas and wooden bullets today to quell a riot by about 300 inmates at a crowded state prison that left 5 inmates seriously injured, the authorities said.

Security forces fired tear gas and beat protesters on Sunday to quell a demonstration over a land dispute, residents said.

Struck by the gangs themselves to quell a surge of killings in the early 1990's, the truces range from informal cease-fires to signed treaties, some of which have lasted as long as a decade.

I quell a feline urge to lick my forearms.