31.   There are fears the fire could spread to nearby oil tanks and an ammonia factory, causing a second disaster.

32.   When a smoker starts puffing, a curtain of air from ducts keeps smoke from spreading to nearby seats.

33.   While flames from the fire had spread to nearby villages, all the victims were apparently in Jesse.

34.   Word of the clash spread to nearby areas, sparking more fighting between nomads and landowners that killed three people.

35.   Witnesses said a makeshift tent caught fire, but police with hoses extinguished blazes before they spread to nearby buildings.

36.   A spokesman said the fire at the Harco shopping center had spread to nearby offices and stores.

37.   A spokesman said the started at the eight-storey Harco shopping center and had spread to nearby offices and stores.

38.   Firemen prevented the blaze from spreading to nearby houses but it badly damaged the farm in Umm al-Quwain on Saturday, the semi-official paper said.

39.   Reports said flooding had spread to nearby Netrakona district and was moving into other parts of this naturally disaster-prone South Asian country.

40.   Reports said flooding had spread to nearby Netrakona district and was moving onto other parts of this natural disaster-prone South Asian country.