1.   Triggered by the misfire of a candle that generates breathing oxygen, the blaze nearly forced the six men aboard to abandon the station.

2.   It was not clear whether the blaze would force cancellation of any performances.

3.   The blaze forced the closure of several main avenues and caused immense snarls of evening rush-hour traffic.

4.   The blaze forced the evacuation of the southern New Mexico towns of Sacramento and Weed and surrounding rural areas, said Rick Hartigan, a fire information officer.

5.   Five Alaskan blazes forced officials to call in firefighters Sunday from as far away as Colorado but no new homes were immediately threatened, officials said.

6.   The blaze had forced hundreds of local inhabitants to flee.

7.   The blaze had forced hundreds of people to flee.