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The manager turned off the vacuum, recoiled hoses and exhaled with relief.

Robertson said his legal team also interviewed an L.A. firefighter who was on the burn scar on the morning of Jan. 2, who said a battalion chief told him to roll up hoses and leave.

Around the South, local authorities were turning police dogs and fire hoses on the young protesters who were pressing our nation for equal opportunity and freedom now.

In fact, the longest recorded newspaper strike lasted over 10 years at the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader in Pennsylvania, and was marked by violence in which picketers were sprayed with fire hoses by company security.

"Fire crews used breathing apparatus and hose reel jets to prevent the fire escalating," a fire spokesperson said.