Emergency Services
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In New York, about 3,000 fire calls were reported, many from people using candles. Emergency services responded to 80,000 calls for help, more than double the average.
From 4 PM ET of the 14th to midnight of the 15th, there were 60 all-hands or greater alarm fires; caused mostly by candles. The FDNY answered over 7,500 calls which resulted in the transmission of over 4,000 alarms. www.FDNewYork.com/lightsout.asp
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