Fire
A two-alarm fire broke out prior to the phase two renovations. The fire started in one of the art rooms, purportedly as the result of a device that was left plugged in. The fire was put out a few hours later, but the water damage was extensive. The aftermath of the fire prompted a temporary renovation of the AC building.
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Famous quotes containing the word fire:
“And new Philosophy calls all in doubt,
The element of fire is quite put out;
The Sun is lost, and th’earth, and no mans wit
Can well direct him where to look for it.”
—John Donne (c. 1572–1631)
“It is hard to hate what one has loved, and a half-extinguished fire is soon relit.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)
“So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don’t even know that fire is hot.”
—George Orwell (1903–1950)