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We run across these stories ALL the time.  Fire extinguishers are the first response against indoor fires. Properly functioning fire extinguishers can put out the majority of early stage fires. In order to protect the lives of those who you are responsible for it is important to ensure that your fire extinguishers are working properly. Here are 10 recent incidents in which fire extinguishers were stolen or vandalized leaving a building at risk in the case of Dickenson High or and in extreme cases like the motel fire in Hoover Alabama, resulted in loss of life.

Hard to believe that kids in colleges have been doing this for years without school administrators knowing.  Brings new meaning to school safety.

ASBURY, Al. (WAFF) - Children will return to class Friday at a Marshall County school after a fire forced school leaders to close up early Thursday.

The blaze occurred at Asbury Middle School near Albertville. Teachers said it started in the counselors office. A plant was placed too closed to a lamp, and when it overheated it caught fire. 

Tracey Wigley is still shaken from what happened Thursday morning at the school, when she and another teacher put out the fire.

Three quick-acting janitors use fire extinguishers to prevent serious damage to school lab.

Small chem lab fire at Lafourche school

The Principal put it out!  Good thing the fire extinguisher was ready when needed.

Duxbury Massachusetts, October 21st 2009

Trash bins in two boys bathrooms were set on fire not long after the start of classes at Duxbury Middle School, forcing the evacuation of the school.

Principal Blake Dalton used a fire extinguisher to douse the flames in both bathrooms shortly after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, fire Capt. Roger Ladd said.

That's a big condo building.  How much damage would have been done had the fire extinguisher not been there?  How long would the fire have burned? Instead, the fire extinguisher did it's job. Link to the news video after the jump.

Three dormitories at Middlebury College were evacuated when a small fire broke out in a dining hall kitchen.Spokeswoman Sarah Ray said two employees were cleaning the kitchen at about 5 a.m. Sunday when the fire ignited, apparently from of a propane leak.One employee put out the fire with an extinguisher while the other called for help. Nobody was hurt.Ray said the dining hall and adjacent residential halls were evacuated, with students able to return by 6:50 a.m.

4 fire extinguishers used,  our sources say it was 10... 

Associated Press is reporting: 

The flames spread quickly as they devoured a foam-like material on the facade. Thousands of guests and employees evacuated, but no serious injuries were reported. The fire was contained by about 120 fire personnel more than an hour after it began.

Construction workers using four hand-held extinguishers failed to put the blaze out, fire officials said.