1.   And wildfires in Italy consumed hundreds of acres of forest in the southern Gargano region.

2.   Creating such a log will consume hundreds of hours, since collecting and reviewing the materials themselves would take months.

3.   Despite several days of rain, brush fires that have consumed hundreds of thousands of drought-parched acres in Florida continued to burn Wednesday throughout the state.

4.   He said the evidence, so far, showed that pike had consumed hundreds of yearling trout planted in the lake.

5.   Last week in Maryland alone, brush fires consumed hundreds of acres, and fire danger remains high throughout the region.

6.   The blaze in Los Alamos, which consumed hundreds of homes, was a pre-emptive fire gone awry.

7.   The quest for an Arctic shortcut consumed hundreds of lives.

8.   The quest for an Arctic shortcut consumed hundreds of lives, becoming a romantic obsession in Victorian times.

9.   The so-called mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, which will be confined to the plants, multiply rapidly and are considered a vacuum for larvae, consuming hundreds an hour.

10.   Firefighters put out the fire, but only after it consumed hundreds of rare books.