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GALLERYAtlanta Firefighters Rescue Men in Manhole

Atlanta firefighters rush a construction worker to a waiting ambulance after pulling him from a manhole under the Georgia Tech golf course practice range Thursday afternoon June 4, 2015. Two construction workers were believed to have been found unconscious and had to be lifted out using ropes and pulleys. Both men were conscious and moving after being pulled from the manhole. (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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GALLERYGeorgia Retirement Home Fire

A firefighter battles big flames at the Marshall Square Retirement Resort in Evans, Ga., Tuesday morning, June 2, 2015. Officials say two residents of Marshall Square retirement community are unaccounted for after fire destroyed much of the building this morning, according to the Augusta Chronicle. More than 80 residents of the upscale retirement resort in the heart of Evans were forced to flee for safety when fire alarms went off between 3 and 3:30 a.m. (Michael Holahan /The Augusta Chronicle via AP)

GALLERYManhattan Crane Load Collapse

New York City firefighters peer down from the roof of 261 Madison Ave. after a piece of mechanical equipment being lifted by a crane broke free and fell about 28 stories to the sidewalk below, Sunday, May 31, 2015, in New York. Ten people including two construction workers were injured, but none of the injuries was considered life-threatening. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

GALLERYGuesthouse Fire in Germany

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire in the Bavarian town of Schneizlreuth , Germany, early Saturday May 23, 2015. Police in Germany say six people are missing after a fire at a guesthouse in Bavaria. In a statement Saturday, police said the fire broke out overnight in a converted farmhouse in the town of Schneizlreuth, southeast of Munich near the border with Austria. Of the 47 people staying at the guesthouse, 41 were able to flee. ( Ferdinand Farthofer/aktivnews/dpa via AP)

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