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RE: Fire on the Dock
by Darlene Guzman
July 29, 2004
Thursday
As we enjoy a warmer and dryer than usual summer, we face the
concerns of fire in areas where wooden board walks, streets,
and docks are exposed to careless individuals who feel it's necessary
to drop their burning cigarette butts on the ground. One careless
person started a fire on Dock 1A last week and if the fire department
hadn't acted so quickly we may have lost the dock and a few buildings,
not to mention endangering the public and responders. We continously
face this problem and not just in the summer. I'm not sure how
to rectify it without banning smoking in public and that may
not go over very well. I'm hoping the public can help by approaching
these individuals that toss their "butts" and warn
them that littering is illegal and if their butts happen to catch
something on fire, then the littering charge turns to arson.
Darlene Guzman
Ketchikan, AK - USA
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