1. Like the other fires, the Lemon Heights blaze appeared to have been triggered by the powerful winds, when a downed tree hit a power wire. 2. A much bigger blaze appeared to be burning inside the village, but riot police barred reporters from reaching it. 3. A much bigger blaze appeared to be burning inside the village, but riot police cordoned off the area around it. 4. Fire officials said the blaze appears to have started accidentally. 5. Investigators said the blaze appeared to have been set. 6. Lima Fire Chief Tulio Nicolini initially said the blaze appeared to have started in a warehouse filled with fireworks. 7. Witnesses said the blaze appeared to have been ignited by sparks from welding equipment being used for routine repair work. 8. Firefighters and police said the blaze appeared to have started near a flower stall. 9. The blazes appeared to have been started by farmers conducting brush-burning on their properties up in the rugged Pyrenees mountains. |