The cabin caught fire when police shot tear gas canisters into it, McMahon told reporters Wednesday.

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The cabin caught fire when police shot tear gas canisters into it, McMahon told reporters this week.

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Dorner died February 12 while holed up in a cabin that caught fire when police fired tear gas canisters into it.

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Still, few Tunisians expected the president to go, even when as many as 40, 000 people gathered on January 14th at the headquarters of the Interior Ministry on Tunis's stately Avenue Bourguiba, braving torrents of tear gas and live fire.

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The fire ignited after authorities threw flash grenades and tear gas into the apartment to try to flush the shooter out, Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson told reporters.

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They can tear up existing union contracts, and even fire some elected officials, if they believe it will help solve a financial emergency.

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Police fired tear gas as a group within the protesters lit a fire and threw stones and bottles at officers.

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When I walked off the plane I was hit with such a mighty gust of humidity that it caused me to tear off my jacket, sweater and scarf like they were covered in fire ants.

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When asked last year about the rules of engagement for tear gas, he told the BBC that police in America are trained not to fire head-high and to either arc the canister into the air or roll it on the ground.

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With the Kindle Fire we are back to the toy-boy ethos and army boot black plastic in a pull tear fast food carton.

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