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Fireman who doesn't put fires out (6)

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stoker

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'fireman' is the definition.
(someone who tends to a furnace)

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(Other definitions for stoker that I've seen before include "Bram ...... created 'Dracula'" , "Worker who feeds a furnace" , "Dracula's creator -- furnace feeder" , "Irish author of Dracula, d. 1912" , "Fireman (on steam train)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News, The Globe and Mail and The Telegraph.
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