So at this point they just seem to be burning, if not out of control at this point, it looks like a fire maybe sort of 10 feet wide at this point on the second floor.

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At a certain point, you begin to consider that desperately burning everything you own is not the stuff of a happy story.

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The pits at Balad were at one point open and burning everything from plastics and food to medical waste.

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