Fire
In 2002 a large portion of Fort Hunter Liggett was scorched by an accidental fire resulting from an improperly detonated hand grenade. No injuries were reported but the fire did consume several outbuildings. As a result, soldiers participating in live fire exercises are no longer allowed to detonate hand grenades without special permission from the Fort Hunter Liggett Fire Department.
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Famous quotes containing the word fire:
“Not that I think you did not love your father,
But that I know love is begun by time,
And that I see, in passages of proof,
Time qualifies the spark and fire of it.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Prosecutors insist they are mounting a “thorough investigation,” which sometimes means thorough and sometimes, historically, has meant long enough to let the fire burn down in an incendiary case. A thorough investigation is fine; an interminable one is disgraceful.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)
“Our hearts you see not; they are pitiful;
And pity to the general wrong of Rome—
As fire drives out fire, so pity pity—
Hath done this deed on Caesar.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)