1.   A firefight raged for several minutes, until the Serbs, already wounded, fell back into a house not far from the road.

2.   A heavy firefight raged mid-day at a military barracks in the airport area.

3.   The intense firefight raged for several hours.

4.   The firefight raged for about two hours before it tapered off.

5.   Twenty armored vehicles equipped with cannons came to reinforce South Africans at a barracks near the airport where a day-long firefight raged.