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"We're making our best effort and mobilising everything... to extinguish and wet-down the area," local disaster official Satriyo Nurseno told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

"Falling debris hit the oil refinery's storage tanks. Emergency services are working to extinguish the fire," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

"It's always the firefighters on the ground, pulling the hoses, who extinguish the fires," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

At the same time, Resco de Dios said, in recent decades there has been a concerted effort in Spain and France, as in California, to extinguish fires as soon as they start.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

“Wouldn’t melting snow extinguish the volcano?” the reporter asked.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

And that sensibility extinguishes your ability to imagine anything else.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2024

Navy in the 1960s, the foams form an aqueous film around burning gasoline and other flammable liquids, which quickly deprives the fire of oxygen and extinguishes it.

From Science Daily ● May 9, 2024

Cheap, whose driving desire to prove himself completely extinguishes his common sense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2023

It’s gasp-inducing, but Blount says it extinguishes itself quickly and barely leaves a mark on the cloth.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2023

He extinguishes the last of the lights before ascending several flights to check on Chandresh.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

He had used tongs to move the barbecue to one side and extinguished it, so he thought it was safe.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Since the fire was extinguished, Lineage has been tasked with removing roughly 88 million pounds of spoiled and decomposing food, along with fire and demolition debris.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

The hope here is that this could form an autonomous first response, so forest fire detection and drone activation can be so quick that fires can be extinguished as they're starting.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Investigators later recovered drone fragments from the vessels after the fires were extinguished.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

I should have asked more questions, but an overwhelming sense of contentment seemed to have extinguished them, like a cool drink quenching thirst.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Favourable conditions including low wind and rainfall on Saturday meant emergency responders were able to make "marked improvements" in extinguishing large sections of the six square kilometre area affected.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

“Basically we’re just out there extinguishing hot spots, making sure that the fire is secure before we’re able to call it 100% and walk away from it,” Cal Fire spokesperson Alison Wilkins said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026

"Emergency services rushed to the scene and found the vehicle completely engulfed in flames. Firefighters carried out rescue and extinguishing operations. A security perimeter was set up," a police statement said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026

The company that flips the houses it buys online reported a widening loss of $1.1 billion, from a $113 million loss in the year-ago period, mostly on the cost of extinguishing debt.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 20, 2026

As before, the draccus positioned itself on top of them and laid down, extinguishing all the light on the top of the hill.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss