The fire blazed away for several minutes before they got flames under control.

火烧了几分钟他们才把火势控制住。

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It indicated that the women guards had stayed behind to wait out the end of the fire, to prevent any of them from spreading and to prevent any attempts to escape under the cover of the flames.

记录还表明那些女看守呆在后面等待着大火燃尽，阻止火继续蔓延，阻止任何在大火的掩护下逃跑的企图。

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They'd taken refuge under an overpass to ride out the flames.

他们在天桥下避难，从火中开车逃出来。

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Firefighters at the scene in Howard Beach put the flames under control at about 3:15 p.m.

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The authorities ordered the evacuation of the town's entire population, estimated at some 100, 000 people, as firefighters battled to bring the flames under control.

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Witness Amy Miller, a resident who was getting ready to work at a nearby cleaners, told CNN she saw the cockpit ejection and flames under the right wing as the jet descended.

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