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Sugar refinery fire

Dec 14th, 2023
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  1. "A sugar refinery is burning," he said. "There are
  2. people inside."
  3.  
  4. "So set me down," Lois said.
  5.  
  6. He looked at her for a long moment and seemed to
  7. come to a decision. A moment later they were flashing
  8. forward and Lois found herself a hundred yards away
  9. from the wide expanse of a parking lot.
  10.  
  11. She could hear ambulances already on the way,
  12. and as her feet touched the ground she felt the sudden
  13. chill as Clark let her go.
  14.  
  15. He was a blur as he disappeared, and even as he
  16. vanished one of the silos exploded. Lois flinched and
  17. winced as the world seemed to go white for a moment.
  18. She could see the growing crowd of evacuees
  19. outside the plant. Some were standing and others were
  20. lying on the ground, obviously injured.
  21. Despite herself, Lois found herself moving
  22. forward. She'd taken an elementary first aid course
  23. before going to Iraq the first time. She knew the basics
  24. and with any luck the ambulances would be there soon
  25. enough that they wouldn't need her.
  26. Stepping forward into the crowd, Lois saw the
  27. stunned, haggard look on most of the faces in the
  28. crowd. These people were in shock.
  29.  
  30. "Does anyone have medical experience?" she
  31. called out.
  32.  
  33. When they turned to look at her she repeated the
  34. question again. Slowly they began to look at their
  35. neighbors, who were shaking their heads.
  36. "I had CPR training," one woman said.
  37.  
  38. With that another man stepped out from the back
  39. of the crowd and then another, and another. They
  40. seemed almost grateful to have someone in charge,
  41. especially as Lois began to point to individuals and
  42. telling them what to do.
  43.  
  44. "Does anyone have medical kits in their cars, latex
  45. gloves, hand sanitizer, blankets, and bottles of water,
  46. anything we can use? If you do bring them here," Lois
  47. said, pointing to an unused area. "We're going to have
  48. to make do with what we have."
  49.  
  50. No one seemed to notice the bodies which were
  51. appearing behind them until Lois pointed them out.
  52. She flinched at the sound of another explosion, but
  53. she was pleased to see that one section of the fire
  54. seemed to be spontaneously dying out.
  55.  
  56. [...]
  57.  
  58. Behind her firefighters were already moving forward to put out a
  59. fire that seemed to be extinguishing itself piece by
  60. piece.
  61.  
  62. Pilar was going to be furious, and Agent Randal
  63. was probably on his way already. Imagining their
  64. reactions almost made the risk worth it.
  65.  
  66. Pgs. 72-73
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