1.   All fourteen people who were working inside the building when the blaze started escaped unharmed.

2.   At the fire in Manhattan, Fire Department officials said residents propped open a self-closing door to the apartment where the blaze started on Wednesday morning.

3.   But volatile gas accumulates wherever grain is stored in large quantities, and corn itself provides a potent source of fuel once a blaze has started.

4.   Fire marshals investigating the scene declined to speculate how the blaze might have started.

5.   Fire officials said that the blaze started in the northern end of the complex but that there was no immediate word available as to its cause.

6.   Fire officials said that the blaze started in the northwestern end of the complex but that there was no immediate word as to its cause.

7.   Exxon said the blaze started during a thunderstorm and was quickly extinguished.

8.   Fire officials said they thought the blaze had started in the kitchen but declined to release the cause.

9.   Fire officials were still investigating the cause of the fire, but they said the blaze had started in a convertible sofa.

10.   She was outside doing laundry when the blaze started.