21A man tries to stop fire near the village of Murmino on August 6, 2010. (ARTYOM KOROTAYEV/AFP/Getty Images)

2010年8月6日，Murmino村庄附近，一位男子正试图阻止火势的蔓延。

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The experimentation is done to validate the performance of big water curtain fireproofing. The result shows thatthewater curtain can stop fire from spreading and make a drop in temperature clearly.

对大型水幕进行了防火分隔效果的试验研究，证明水幕能有效阻止火灾蔓延，降温隔热效果明显；

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Soldiers opened fire on a car which failed to stop at an army checkpoint.

士兵们向一辆没在军事检查站停下来的汽车开了火。

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But,once the fire is out, the well still needs to be covered,or capped, to stop the flow of oil.

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The ship refused to stop. Other cannons then opened fire.

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Normally,explosives are used to stop the fire from burning.

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"What we want to do is to stop all fire, to stop all shooting, to stop all action that kills people, " he said.

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Workers from other Petroleos de Venezuela facilities have been sent in to help stop the fire.

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