1.   A fire official who spoke on condition of anonymity said fire marshals believed the blaze began accidentally, but would not release an official determination until Friday.

2.   According to fire officials, the blaze apparently began in the garage and worked its way up toward the attic.

3.   Airplanes are dropping thousands of gallons of fire retardant, and helicopters drop water wherever new blazes begin.

4.   But another blaze began in the National Gateway Recreation Area in Queens, threatening to reach residential areas before it was contained.

5.   Fire Commissioner Howard Safir said that investigators now know where inside the Brooklyn building the blaze began.

6.   Gilbert Degrave, the driver of the truck where the blaze began, was able to escape along with at least four other drivers.

7.   On Tuesday afternoon, officers searching the house with a dog found a charred freezer near the spot where the blaze had begun.

8.   Parker County was under one when the Poolville blaze began.

9.   Rainford said he suspects the blaze began upstairs, which is rented to the Fenton cushion factory.

10.   The blaze began in the office of an associate professor at the Center for Urban Horticulture.