1.   Many pensioners cannot afford to heat their homes in winter.

2.   The ineluctable approach of winter had many worried about the cost of heating their homes.

3.   Natural gas, an outstanding energy fuel, can be used to heat homes, make electricity, and power cars.

4.   Pressure groups demanded reassurances that the poor and elderly would be protected from the extra cost of heating their homes.

5.   At least three people were killed in traffic accidents, and two men in Quebec died trying to heat their homes when their regular heating systems stopped functioning.

6.   Barbara Holt and her husband, Corlis, have been buying propane to heat their home for years.

7.   A man chops firewood for a woman to heat her home.

8.   A man in Razdolnoye picks up coal from the street to heat his home after central heating was cut off.

9.   But it may not last for long, and people heating homes with gas may not see a difference for a while.