Published: 11/23/2006

Day 1: Emergency personnel jolted into action by blast

By Martina Brendel
Staff writer

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For those firefighters who remained on-scene yesterday afternoon after responding to the initial 3 a.m. alarm, firefighting did indeed feel like a 24-hour job.

"I've had a doughnut for breakfast, a doughnut for lunch and five or six cups of coffee," Danvers fire Chief James Tutko said.

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