re: Twenty NOFD firefighters protest, call for Chief to step down

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The Whig militia resisted the landing parties, but did little to stop the flames, which were spread by advantageous winds. Some Loyalist properties were targeted for burning and looting by the Whigs shortly after the bombardment began, including a local distillery.[16] Although the British ended their operations that day, the fires continued to rage; the next morning Colonel Howe reported that "the whole town will I doubt not be consum'd in a day or two."[16] The burning and looting by the occupying Whigs continued for three days. By the time order was restored, much of the town had been destroyed.[14]

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