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Fires in buildings equipped with standpipe systems present many challenges. This fire on the 10th floor of a high-rise apartment house in Bronx, New York, required two 212-inch handlines and the efforts of more than 75 firefighters to bring it under control. One handline was advanced through a breached opening in the partition wall between the fire apartment and an adjoining one.