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HERO: Resourceful Responder Saves Carpet Company After Bogota Firefighters Find Frozen Hydrants HERO: Resourceful Responder Saves Carpet Company After Bogota Firefighters Find Frozen Hydrants
Hero: Resourceful Responder Saves Carpet Company After Bogota Firefighters Find Frozen Hydrants A resourceful firefighter helped save a flooring company in Bogota from ruin before dawn Thursday, authorities said. Firefighters quickly got to Manning Bros Carpet & Flooring on East Fort Lee Road after the boiler-room blaze erupted around 5:15 a.m. There they found two nearby hydrants frozen. A member of Engine Co. 3 then grabbed a road flare and thawed out one of the hydrants. Fellow smoke eaters then cut the roof above the boiler room and kept the flames from spreading to the rest of the 10,000-square-foot building -- allowing the business to open as usual on Thursday. No injuries…

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by Jerry DeMarco