11.   Flames swept through a house in north Montreal Tuesday killing five people, including three children, police said.

12.   All six people in the car and two of the seven passengers of the lorry were killed when flames swept through the wrecked vehicles.

13.   Flames swept across whole blocks of homes.

14.   Flames swept through the wooden, two-storey house, authorities said.

15.   Police and witnesses said several bodies were charred or transformed into unrecognisable skeletons as flames swept through the gutted vehicle.

16.   Police and witnesses said several bodies were charred or transformed into unrecognisable skeletons as flames swept through the vehicle.

17.   Railway personnel switched off electricity to the overheard wires and stopped the train, but the flames swept through the coach.