Friday Focus: How to Tame a Mega-Ship Blaze

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A video released by the Port of Long Beach shows ‘The Protector’, which is a fireboat designed to put out fires which may take place aboard big ships coming into the port.

The boat pumps 12,000 gallons of water per minute, with the water able to reach two football-fields in length, as well as 20 stories high.

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