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1 story matching firebug
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:firebox, firetug, fire, fireboat, firebrand, firebreak
- The Price of Progress: Arson in the Shadow of the Opera House
When an old commercial building was moved to make way for Seattle's new Opera House, a firebug turned the vacated structure into a torch.