Fire fighters use 6 massive pumps which pump 32,000 litres of water per minute onto the fire / Rain water that falls on the ground may trickle through the soil and into the rocks below.
Fire fighters use both water and foam to help put out the fires. / The canal has been pumped dry and there is no water left to drink
Foam used by the fire fighters, which is made of chemicals, can be polluting to water supplies. / The fire has used up all the fuel in the country. There is none left to power the pumps to pump the drinking water out of the ground.
Massive fireballs could be seen for miles / The firemen take water out of the Grand Union Canal
Mrs Brown doesn’t use water / The motorway has been closed so water supplies can not get through.
Mrs Brown is detoxing before Christmas and will only drink bottled water / Water can be pumped out of the rocks to drink.
Mrs Brown was woken at 6 am on Sunday morning by a massive explosion when the local oil depot exploded. / Water sprayed onto the fire could run off the site and enter the ground.
Oil and chemicals can be dangerous if they leak into water supplies. / Water sprayed onto the fire will become polluted with oil.
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Answer
1. Rain water that falls on the ground may trickle through the soil and into the rocks below.
2. Water can be pumped out of the rocks to drink.
3. People in Hemel Hempstead get their drinking water from rocks in the ground.
4. Mrs Brown was woken at 6 am on Sunday morning by a massive explosion when the local oil depot exploded.
5. Massive fireballs could be seen for miles.
6. Fire fighters use both water and foam to help put out the fires.
7. The firemen take water out of the Grand Union Canal
8. Fire fighters use 6 massive pumps which pump 32,000 litres of water per minute onto the fire
9. Water sprayed onto the fire will become polluted with oil.
10. Foam used by the fire fighters is made of chemicals which can be polluting to water.
11. Water sprayed onto the fire could run off the site and enter the ground.
12. Oil and chemicals can be dangerous if they leak into water supplies.
Red herrings
A huge smoke cloud covers south England and will stop Rudolf and Santa bringing presents on Christmas Eve.
Mrs Brown is detoxing before Christmas and will only drink bottled water
The canal has been pumped dry and there is no water left to drink
The fire has used up all the fuel in the country and there is none left to power the pumps to pump the drinking water out of the ground.
The motorway has been closed so water supplies can not get through.
Mrs Brown does use water
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