11.   A gas pipeline leak triggered a huge blaze in the remote far north of Russia Thursday but authorities said there were no casualties and the situation was under control.

12.   A huge blaze gutted the historic headquarters of financially-troubled French bank Credit Lyonnais as a column of thick black smoke dominated the Paris skyline Sunday.

13.   A huge blaze destroyed a power station in this second largest Pakistani city late Sunday, plunging several million residents into darkness.

14.   A huge blaze destroyed clothing and equipment belonging to a troupe of Japanese sumo wrestlers in Paris for a series of keenly-awaited displays, officials said Thursday.

15.   An explosion at a compressor station triggered a huge blaze on a gas pipeline in the far north of Russia, Interfax news agency reported Thursday.

16.   An explosion at a compressor station triggered a huge blaze on a gas pipeline in the far north of Russia Thursday, Interfax news agency reported.

17.   Russian Energy Minister Yuri Shafranik on Thursday played down a huge blaze at a remote natural gas compressor station in the far north of Russia.

18.   The crash ignited a huge blaze that spread from a warehouse containing construction supplies to an adjacent auto mechanics shop, police said.