The cause of the fire is not yet known and a scaled-down presence was expected at the site for some time as damping down continued.

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Mulally, the former head of Boeing, has gotten high marks generally for steering the company through the worst economic downturn since the great depression, and was expected to step down at any time now that the worst has passed.

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Eventually recovery time is expected to come down to just 23 hours.

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