41.   Joseph Trammell, who refurbishes furnishings damaged by house fires, knew competitors would beat him to customers if he waited to read about fires in the newspaper.

42.   Local firefighters called to say using propane torches has on a few occasions led to house fires as the flames got underneath the exterior boards.

43.   Many stories involved cats who alerted humans to house fires or, less frequently, intruders.

44.   Naturally, as the characters ricochet from house fire to gunfire and back, they flirt, fight, and fool around.

45.   On Tuesday, Vincent Hughes told police and firefighters that his wife, Laura Lee Hughes, committed suicide in a house fire.

46.   She earned that distinction during a house fire that trapped a wheelchair-bound teen-age girl.

47.   Sparking wires set off numerous smoldering house fires.

48.   Standing outside the Centrum, Lieutenant David McCourt recalled falling through a weakened floor a few years back in a house fire in his native Medford, Mass.

49.   That tape was later consumed in a house fire.