The flames at that point were barely noticeable, just tiny tongues lapping at the flammable material.

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That truck over there, with "highly flammable material" written on it What a disaster if it were to explode!

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But some building experts say that many of those towers are sheathed in a highly flammable material that puts occupants at risk.

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The fire started in the building's basement where flammable material was stored.

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DeGeorge told officials he suspected the explosion was caused either by "hit men" working for the opposite side in a hotly disputed case he was litigating--a "suspicious-looking fishing boat" had circled his yacht, he said--or by the negligence of a repairman who left flammable material near a stove.

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