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by chasd00 237 days ago
There's some computer lore out there about someone tripping a fire alarm by accident or some other event that triggered a gas system used to put out fires without water but isn't exactly compatible with life. The story goes some poor sys admin had to stand there with their finger on like a pause button until the fire department showed up to disarm the system. If they released the button the gas would flood the whole DC.
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Halon, yes.