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It took three loads of highway department sand to quell the fire, and when the tired firemen pulled away, they left a giant sandpile behind. “It’s out. We’re gone,” reported a haggard, sooty fire chief. “It’s their baby now,” he said, adding that the landowner has the responsibility for finishing the cleanup.
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