The private company has said its firefighters would work more than 66 hours a week.

"The firefighters worked inside the building for about an hour, until the heat became just too much."

By the end of the day, there were 862 firefighters working on the fire.

Paid firefighters would work 15 days straight followed by one day off.

The police and firefighters have been working without a contract for two years.

At one point, he said, the number of firefighters working in the 35-member unit dropped to 16.

Some 200 firefighters worked over four hours to bring the blaze under control.

More than 1,231 firefighters worked to bring the blaze under control.

Since the attack, firefighters have been working from the outside, and the extent of the damage is still not clear.

It's been our experience that police and firefighters work well together.