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Five-alarmer haven't had one of them in a while, thank god. bill: pat, what does that mean when it goes to five-alarm? >> i don't know the precise formula, bill, but numerical counting of number of ladders and engines assigned to the blaze. i think that is most severe. there may be a six-alarmer. i never heard of it. that is extreme high-end of emergency in terms of threat to life and potential damage to property. so that is massive, massive blaze. bill: tom, thank you. listen, we'll, rather, pat, thank you on the phone there. 45 minutes ago, by the way, pat, we were told 13firefighters were o...