City firefighters battle 2 blazes.Byline: Mark Melady WORCESTER - Back-to-back fires kept firefighters busy Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. battling a blaze that caused extensive damage to a three-decker on Illinois Street and cooling down Cooling down is the term used to describe an easy, full-body exercise that will allow the body to slowly transition from an exercise mode to a non-exercise mode. Depending on the intensity of the exercise, cooling down can involve a slow jog or walk, or with lower intensities, overheated o·ver·heat v. o·ver·heat·ed, o·ver·heat·ing, o·ver·heats v.tr. 1. To heat too much. 2. To cause to become excited, agitated, or overstimulated. v.intr. propane tanks near a burning trash compactor at a Salvation Army warehouse off Cambridge Street. No one was injured in either blaze. An unknown number of residents was displaced from the 115 Illinois St. apartment house. That fire apparently began in the basement and spread rapidly up a back staircase, said District Chief Frank D. Diliddo III. Firefighters arrived to find heavy fire on the first floor. Fire extended to the attic before being brought under control. Fire in the trash compacter compacter (kompak´t  r),n a rotary instrument used in the McSpadden endodontic technique to condense the guttapercha cone into the root canal. attached to the rear of a metal, single-story warehouse was so hot that relief valves blew on two of the several nearby propane tanks, District Chief Diliddo said. "It was pretty tense for a while," he said. "Propane expands and is extremely volatile." Firefighters poured water on the propane tanks to cool them off. District Chief Diliddo said it was not known why the tanks were behind the building. ART: PHOTO CUTLINE: A firefighter works the controls from the base of Ladder 7 during a two-alarm blaze at 115 Illinois St. last night. PHOTOG pho·tog n. Informal A person who takes photographs, especially as a profession; a photographer. : T&G Staff/CHRISTINE PETERSON |
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