Late Monday afternoon, the department said it had installed air purifiers and restored running water in the main station as well as the smaller buildings behind it.

In the interim, the station captain decided to shutter the station as the department worked to get air purifiers, running water and other necessities.

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He tried to guard against the smoke by wearing a KN-95 mask outdoors and running two air purifiers inside his condo to try to filter out the smoke.