11.   Firemen arrived at the scene quickly and put out the fire before it spread to other nearby shops in Muharraq, the official said.

12.   Firemen arrived soon afterwards and within an hour had determined that no one was buried underneath.

13.   Firemen arrived within minutes and put out the blaze in less than an hour.

14.   He believed the firemen could have arrived earlier if the public telephone booth was in working order.

15.   He said villagers helped him to put out the fire before the firemen arrived.

16.   No reason was given, but Philippine news reports said firemen had arrived late at the scene.

17.   Racing continued in front of empty grandstands while firemen arrived and carried out a search of the area.

18.   They put out the fire before the plant firemen arrived, it said.

19.   Firemen arrived quickly on the scene to put out a blaze in the house, officials said, and found one body near the entrance and four more upstairs.

20.   Firemen arrived but so did hundreds more rioters.