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"The coastguard told me to put it next to the bins, not in it, because it stinks of fuel and they obviously don't want it to go up in flames if someone drops a cigarette end in there."

We should not allow the story and wonder of Tommy Hawkins to go up in flames without a proper recounting.

To cast him as an apocalyptic wet blanket is a disservice to a writer remembered by friends and family as all heart — a man who had faith that while L.A. would eventually go up in flames, it would emerge from the ashes stronger than ever.

“How can a whole city just go up in flames in one night, and you lose everything that you struggled to hold on to?” said Martin, 64.

If I’m watching my house and my community go up in flames, with the death toll mounting, new fires sparking, and fear spreading across the region, I’d prefer that the fire chief focus on putting out the fires in the field before starting one at City Hall.