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• And the only way to stop that smoke is to put the fire out.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 6 Jan. 2023
• Quick work put the fire out, containing the blaze to the kitchen area.
  — Jeanne Houck, Cincinnati.com, 22 June 2020
• The fire department was already on the scene attempting to put the fire out.
  — Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2022
• Fire crews started to put the fire out from the outside and then went inside of the home to get it under control, the release says.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 26 Mar. 2022
• The Navy was not able to put the fire out until the ship was so badly damaged that the service had to scrap it, a more than $1 billion loss.
  — Megan Rose, ProPublica, 12 Sep. 2022
• According to police, firefighters who arrived at the scene were able to put the fire out but the driver died on the spot.
  — Stephen McGrath, ajc, 6 Apr. 2022
• Luckily, his friend Dave Killackey, who was working on the car with him, helped put the fire out.
  — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2022
• Fire officials quickly put the fire out, but later discovered the body outside of the home.
  — Tandra Smith | [e-mail], al, 18 June 2021
• Firefighters were able to quickly connect to a water supply and put the fire out, Douglas said.
  — Jane Florance, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2022
• But authorities were too busy, so Heying and her group grabbed hoses and fire extinguishers to put the fire out.
  — Kelly Smith, Star Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020
• Firefighters put the fire out in less than an hour, department officials said.
  — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 23 Oct. 2020
• Brent Suter took over and put the fire out quickly, sandwiching a pair of strikeouts around an athletic play off the mound to throw Josh Naylor out at first on his squibber down the third-base line.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Sep. 2020
• When a pole goes ablaze, the utility cuts power to the circuit the pole is located within so operators can put the fire out and make repairs.
  — Diego Mendoza-Moyers, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Apr. 2022
• The employee tried to put the fire out with an extinguisher but was unsuccessful.
  — oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2021
• The use of portable fire extinguishers was attempted to put the fire out but was not successful.
  — Bob Blubaugh, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 3 Aug. 2020
• The troubleman emptied two fire extinguishers in an attempt to put the fire out and alerted the company’s dispatch center over the radio at about 5 p.m.
  — Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Sep. 2021
• Allison and other neighborhood children watched as firefighters from a larger town finally put the fire out with tanks of water.
  — Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
• Bystanders attempted to put the fire out by fanning their jackets on the man, who was eventually assisted by police officers and firefighters.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 2 Mar. 2023
• As Forbes previously reported, some who were at the museum arson site attempted to dissuade the arsonists, and one individual put the fire out.
  — Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 4 Aug 2024