The State of Geneva (Switzerland) came close to ordering Oerlikon Contraves Ranger fire watch flights from the Swiss Armed Forces following a long series of cars going ablaze in the city's car parks.

The State of Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland
Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. (Switzerland) came close to ordering Oerlikon Contraves Oerlikon is a Swiss anti-aircraft artillery manufacturer made famous by its Oerlikon 20 mm autocannon design of 1914, used in the First and Second World Wars, and still in use today. Ranger fire watch flights from the Swiss Armed Forces following a long series of cars going ablaze in the city's car parks. The suspected arson arson, at common law, the malicious and willful burning of the house of another. Originally, it was an offense against the security of habitation rather than against property rights. were since arrested, but this would have been yet another example of military equipment coming to the rescue of the civilian world.

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