The fire was started by an electrical short-circuit.

火灾是由电线短路引发的。

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Evacuated employees said authorities told them they had ruled out terrorism, and that an electrical short-circuit had likely sparked the fire.

被疏散的员工说，当局告诉他们，他们已经排除了恐怖主义的可能性，可能是电路短路引发了火灾。

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The New York fire brigade's ladders only reached the sixth storey, 30 feet (9 metres) short of the burning floors.

纽约消防队的消防梯只能到达六楼，离发生火灾的楼层还有30英尺（9米）远。

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You can hear his famous short story "To Build a Fire."

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His best known short story is "To Build a Fire."

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During the short rapid-fire presentations Graham stood and watched intently, almost as if too nervous to sit.

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" He returned in the 1995 novel "Riding the Rap" and last appeared in the 2001 short story "Fire in the Hole.

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In short, fewer fire sale foreclosed properties on the market will narrow the price differential between those and new homes, which will increase the relative attractiveness of new homes, thus stimulating construction activity.

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