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It turns out it's a big fire in Boston...

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[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Only 3 trucks for a large fire? We just had a large one in an apartment building and there were 120 vehicles in attendance (not all fire trucks, obvs, but deffo more than 3).

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, apartment buildings would tend to be much more than 3 alarm. As a metaphor the phrase is also from older language when more people were in single family homes.