91.   Firefighters said the blaze may have been sparked by a faulty gas installation or bare wires that provide electricity to the shacks.

92.   Firefighters said the blaze was probably started by a cigarette left by families picnicking in Tovsty Lis.

93.   Firefighters said the dead included an American, a Spaniard and a Uruguayan.

94.   Firefighters said the fire started in the day-care center, which is located in the basement of the one-story Tudor-style Pine Falls United Church.

95.   Firefighters said the flames were so hot they peeled the paint on Blair House, which serves as the guest quarters for the White House.

96.   Firefighters said the television set was the first thing the residents had saved from the blaze, and only then the family cow.

97.   Firefighters said they expect a larger number of such fires this year, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.

98.   Firefighters said they hoped to have the blaze fully surrounded by nightfall.

99.   Firefighters said two men in the capital leapt in fear from second-story windows, and both suffered fractured bones.

100.   Firefighters first said they prevented the oil from reaching the main stream of the river, then later reported some of the oil escaped and caused the slick.