1.   Fires continued to burn elsewhere in the West in states plagued by one of the worst droughts of the century.

2.   The fire continued to blaze away, and there was nothing we could do to save the house.

3.   So far no one has been injured, but the firebrigade fears lives could be lost if the fires continue.

4.   As the afternoon wore on, fires continued to burn south of the complex and the rescue effort made little to no progress.

5.   As artillery and rocket fire continued to hit the capital, Grozny, the Russian prime minister, Viktor Chernomyrdin, appeared on television in Moscow.

6.   A fire continues to burn out of control, consuming the thousands of cubic feet of natural gas spewing from the well.

7.   A natural-gas fire also continues to burn downtown at the site of the first explosion.

8.   But on-board fires continue to be a problem.

9.   But the fires continued to burn.

10.   But the fire continued to burn.