11.   Inside, what five feet of water had not ruined, the fire had consumed.

12.   It was as if the fire had consumed not just the living but the rites of the dead as well.

13.   Longleaf pine, for example, concentrates growing its roots during the first five years so it can survive when leaves are consumed by fire.

14.   Never before, natives said, had the moist cloud forest been consumed by fire.

15.   On one remote mountainside, a village chief and five of his men perished in a burning forest when treacherous spring winds shifted and fire suddenly consumed them.

16.   She escaped before fire consumed the building.

17.   Several hours later, fire consumed the compound, and Koresh and dozens of his followers and their children died of fire-related injuries and gunshot wounds.

18.   Standing across the street, oblivious to the cold temperatures and light drizzle, Buvens watched the fire consume her school as warm memories filled her heart.

19.   That fire consumed the roof and the interior of the faux-Tudor building but left the walls standing.

20.   The apartments were consumed by fire when volunteer firefighters arrived.