The Midnight Fire Alarm : Homeland Security Articles 2011
The Midnight Fire Alarm
- “Midnight Fire” is a single by American country music artist Steve Wariner. Released in 1983, it was the first single and title track from the album Midnight Fire. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
midnight fire
- A warning of danger
- An anxious awareness of danger
- a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
- fear resulting from the awareness of danger
- A warning sound or device
- dismay: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; “I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview”; “The news of the executions horrified us”
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Fire at Hampton Beach, NH
"A five-alarm fire destroyed an entire block in Hampton, New Hampshire on February 26, 2010 including an oceanfront hotel.
No one was hurt. The hotel was empty for the winter.
Investigators say the fire broke out around midnight on the first floor of the three-story Surf Hotel on Ocean Boulevard. It was fanned by winds of near hurricane force and quickly spread to adjacent buildings, engulfing them.
Eight-to-12 other businesses were damaged and about a dozen people in the neighborhood were evacuated.
160 firefighters were called in. The fire was finally brought under control around 4:30 a.m.
There’s no word yet on how it started.
The glow from the flames could be seen from miles away, a witness said.
Damaged is estimated in the millions of dollars. " WMUR News 9.
I woke up about 8AM that morning and saw on the news what had happened a mile away from my house. The night before we had hurricane force winds that added strength to the fire. I went down there with my camera and couldn’t believe what I had witnessed.
Two-Alarm Fire Destroys San Jose Duplex
Upon their arrival firefighters discovered heavy fire spreading throughout the structure. After conducting a primary search to confirm all occupants were out of the building crews were ordered out of the structure.
With flames through the roof, Incident Commander Susan Salinger called for a transition to defensive operations.
As flames consumed the roof of the structure Truck 13 opened up with an aerial master stream. The bulk of the fire was knocked down after an hour of hard work.
