1.   Firefighters struggled to control the blaze.

2.   It took more than an hour to control the blaze at the former Langham Hotel.

3.   It took more than an hour to control the blaze at the hotel.

4.   Five teams of firemen struggle through the early hours to control a blaze at Finkles Bar, Lorne Terrace, in South Bank, Middlesbrough.

5.   Fire departments around the country, from Alaska to Maine, have brought teams and supplies to control the blazes.

6.   Firefighters from the British military and Cyprus rescue services were trying to control the blaze, the report said.

7.   One thousand firefighters in New Mexico struggled last week to control a blaze that was set on purpose by the National Park Service.

8.   Still, even if everything had gone as planned, controlling the blaze would have been futile, Madden said.

9.   Police closed the area to allow firefighters to control the blaze.

10.   After several days, firefighters have controlled blazes on Corsica and near Draguignan, a Provence town north of the Riviera.