21.   Investigators say a stray strip of metal on the runway punctured a tire, propelling bits of rubber into the fuel tank and sparking a fire.

22.   Later on, the protesters punctured the tires of two armored bank trucks and broke their windows.

23.   Michaelsen finished in the main pack and regained the overall lead from Italian Fabrizio Guidi, who punctured a tire near the finish.

24.   Ninety-three owners told Ford the fractured spring punctured a tire, but no accidents or injuries were reported.

25.   Palestinian gunmen opened fire on them, puncturing their tires.

26.   Police stretched rolls of spikes to puncture car tires across sidewalks on the approach to the consulate and blocked roads with their cars.

27.   Rolls of spikes to puncture car tires were stretched across sidewalks on the approach to the consulate shortly after midnight Friday, and cars were placed across the road.

28.   Schlesser, winner of the previous two Dakar Rallys, lost time when he punctured a tire.

29.   The car continued through the toll booth and ran over road spikes used to puncture the tires, then came to a halt after colliding with two vehicles.

30.   The front coil springs can corrode and fracture and possibly puncture a tire.