By that time, the local firefighters were back at their station house and most of the family was at the hospital.

Officials and environmental groups have been reluctant to criticize the local firefighters publicly.

Fire officials said that about 1,000 local, state and federal firefighters were battling the blaze.

The fire burned for three hours before local firefighters were able to put it out, according to Indian news reports.

More than 400 state and local firefighters were unable to contain the blaze.

It opened in the mid-2000s, with a local firefighter and artist its first tenant.

One team from the agency will remain to assist local firefighters as they wind down their grim work.

These two teams are managed by a local firefighter and police sergeant.

Thousands of federal, state and local firefighters sought to contain the fires, with little success.

People generally like living near a firehouse, and become attached to the local firefighters.