Fire at SLAC last night -- no injuries

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A fire occurred at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) with no reported injuries. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. Fire suppression units were deployed, and the fire was extinguished within 30 minutes, indicating an effective response. The facility is expected to resume operations shortly.

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Yikes! Glad nobody was hurt. Cause is still under investigation:

http://news.kron4.com/news/second-alarm-fire-reported-in-stanford-linear-accelerator/

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30 minutes to put out the fire was fast and I bet a lot of that was from shutting down before the "suppression units" were uses. Hopefully they are back up and running soon.
 

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