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Flames that burn blue such as candles and
propane grills do so because of oxygen. More oxygen being burned results in a
blue flame. Less oxygen being consumed results in a yellow flame.
The bubonic plague in London during the 1660’s
was ended by the Great Fire of London.
Earth is the only known planet where fire can
burn.
The most deadly fire in the United States took
place in 1865 when the steamship Sultana’s boilers exploded. 1,500
recently-released Union prisoners were aboard this ship and the death toll was
1,547.
Certain items are considered dangerous by the International
Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, including pistachios. This is due to the natural
oils and heat-generating decomposition of them.
Firehouses have spiral staircases because the
horses that carried fire-fighting equipment learned how to climb up regular
stairs.
The Dalmatian has always been a common mascot of
firehouses. The reason for this is that Dalmatians originally helped guide the
horses and keep them calm. They also went outside when the fire alarm went off
and alerted people so they could get out of the way for the horses.
A fireman responds to an alarm approximately
once every 16 seconds and someone is injured by a fire every 20 seconds.
During the evacuation of the World Trade Center
on September 11th, 2001, a Yellow Lab named Roselle saved 31 lives.
She was a seeing-eye dog for a man on the 78th floor and she calmly
led him and 30 other people safely out of the building.
