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Fire chief: Sulphur fire could have spelled disaster
Sulphur fire
Modesto firefighters decontaminate after fighting the Stanislaus Farm Supply sulpher warehouse fire on Service Road. - photo by Courtesy of Modesto Fire Department
A potentially disastrous situation was averted Monday thanks to the quick action of Modesto and other firefighters who battled a fire that broke out in a warehouse building containing sulfur at Stanislaus Farm Supply in southwest Ceres.