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Right now, 25 fire engines at the site are extinguishing the fire, so far, there has been one firefighter injured in this incident who suffered from smoke inhalation, and the person is in stable condition. – Mohammad Baqer Hanbar	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This state is recovering. This state is back on its feet, our kids are increasingly back( to) in-person instruction. We have the lowest positivity in case rates in America. We're extinguishing not just wildfires, but this disease. We're getting it behind us. – Gavin Newsom	Found on CNN 2 years ago
In the more populated areas you might have a greater effect of the army extinguishing fires and putting some sense into people who would just burn the land to clear it with no care whether this fire will spread. – Maria Silva Dias	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The main problem that it comes from the Ukraine and until that tap is turned off, the virus will keep spreading and all measures will be just minimal fire extinguishing. – Robert Laczko	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp because the Dawn has come. – Rabindranath Tagore	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Death is not extinguishing the light It is simply putting out the lamp Because the dawn has come – Rabindranath Tagore	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come. – Rabindranath Tagore	added by anonymous 14 years ago
For every romantic possiblity, no matter how robust, there exists at least one equal and opposite sentence, phrase, or word capable of extinguishing it. – Malcom Gladwell	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Right now, 25 fire engines at the site are extinguishing the fire, so far, there has been one firefighter injured in this incident who suffered from smoke inhalation, and the person is in stable condition.

– Mohammad Baqer Hanbar

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This state is recovering. This state is back on its feet, our kids are increasingly back( to) in-person instruction. We have the lowest positivity in case rates in America. We're extinguishing not just wildfires, but this disease. We're getting it behind us.

– Gavin Newsom

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In the more populated areas you might have a greater effect of the army extinguishing fires and putting some sense into people who would just burn the land to clear it with no care whether this fire will spread.

– Maria Silva Dias

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The main problem that it comes from the Ukraine and until that tap is turned off, the virus will keep spreading and all measures will be just minimal fire extinguishing.

– Robert Laczko

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp because the Dawn has come.

– Rabindranath Tagore

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Death is not extinguishing the light It is simply putting out the lamp Because the dawn has come

– Rabindranath Tagore

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come.

– Rabindranath Tagore

added by anonymous
14 years ago

For every romantic possiblity, no matter how robust, there exists at least one equal and opposite sentence, phrase, or word capable of extinguishing it.

– Malcom Gladwell

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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