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According to the department, adults nearby extinguished the flames by pouring water on the children until paramedics arrived.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

Firefighters had thought they had extinguished the initial blaze and left with their equipment on Jan. 2.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

By midday, firefighters had extinguished the flames at the cathedral.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

It was this initial blaze -- which firefighters believed they had extinguished -- that subsequently reignited on January 7, devastating the neighborhood and parts of the city of Malibu, prosecutors say.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Even when the circus moves it is not extinguished, moved intact from location to location.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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