1.   Firemen successfully extinguished the fire.

2.   The final objective is to extinguish the fire, and this should occur within eight to ten minutes of ignition.

3.   The system uses gas instead of water, which can extinguish fires without damage to customer equipment.

4.   At least ten fire engines fought for two hours to extinguish fires in the two buildings.

5.   Although four station employees were slightly sickened by the fumes, they extinguished the fire before the chemicals could mix to emit a potentially disastrous form of cyanide gas.

6.   Also, firefighters believed burning off the gasoline would do less environmental damage than extinguishing the fire and letting the unburned gas soak into the ground.

7.   And the fire has been extinguished.

8.   Before the fire was extinguished, at least a third the roof was burned away and the plane was virtually destroyed.