European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 stars and stripes june 2007 in the states 9 firefighters die in warehouse Blaze by Bruce Smith the associated press fire swept through a furniture Ware collapsing its roof and kill ing nine firefighters inside the nations deadliest single disaster for firefighters since the terror nine courageous firefighters of the City of Charleston have perished fight ing fire in a most courageous and fearless carrying out their Charleston mayor Joseph Riley said at a morning news to All of their loved our heart goes out to two employees in the building were rescued from the which broke out at 7 monday in the sofa super store and Ware Riley one was res cued and firefighters punched a Hole through a Wall of the warehouse to reach the he police officers and Crews try to contain Colorado wildfires the associated press Denver trucks and other equipment were lined up to protect Homes As firefighters braced for a second Day of battling wild fires in Western where a quickly growing Blaze forced the evacuation of 30 a 300acre wildfire eight Miles West of Glenwood Springs roared to within a half mile of a Cluster of houses North there Are hundreds More Homes in the area 160 Miles West of a shelter was opened in a school in neighbouring new Cas the fire was one of several Likely started by lightning sunday a 4acre fire near East of about 200 Miles of was a concern because it was burning within 200 Yards of Homes and natural Gas a third Blaze exploded to 900 acres from 400 on monday in a re Mote area on a Hillside above the Community of 45 Miles West of an air Tanker and helicopter were diverted from that burning on Federal to the one near Glenwood the areas High hovering in the High erratic winds and parched shrubs and Trees fuelled the flames ignited by roughly 50 lightning strikes Sun Day night Western unlike the Denver area and die rest of the Eastern face of the missed out on precipitation from late Spring other Rescue workers saluted As the firefighters bodies were car ried from the warehouse during the to lose nine is just a tragedy of immense Riley to lose nine is just unbelief it was the worst single incident to claim firefighters lives since the 11 which killed 340 two paramedics and a according to the National fire Protection Assoc a it was the deadliest fire in South Carolina since a 1979 Blaze killed 11 people in the Lancaster county the department has 237 fire fighters in 19 companies located throughout the City of the cause of the fire was under but Riley said arson was not he said the Blaze apparently started in a storage he was unsure whether there were sprinklers in the witnesses said the collapse of the roof threw debris Over about two dozen Rescue on lookers were hit with flying it was like a 30foot Tornado of said Mark who was struck in his on tuesday Flowers were left on the sidewalk in front of the wreckage of the one Story furniture store and its slightly taller both of which continued to o a a winners name will tie randomly drawn from those entered in the Happy birthday America shopping spree at a Winner will receive an cafes or nex gift card shopping spree in an appropriate design a birthday Wrd in Honor of United states of americas birthday july 4 and write a greeting to a deployed service Register your card online at under the Happy birthday America shopping spree link and print 014 a registration form to Tiff to Back of your card the May be used for merchandise items purchased May not be turned for Cash