21.   - Mark Sands admitted Monday that preserving the environment was just a rationalization for the string of fires he set to destroy luxury homes under construction.

22.   A calamity of another sort befell former Winston Cup driver Ernie Irvan when his Mooresville, N.C., home was destroyed by a fire last Saturday.

23.   A contingent from London visited the village on Wednesday and made initial plans to build a small apartment house for those whose homes were destroyed, villagers said.

24.   According to the blurb beside her picture, she has three children, attends Grace Community Church in Sun Valley and had her home destroyed in the Northridge Quake.

25.   After fire destroys her home in the Alaskan bush, dog sledder Jesse Arnold and her beloved husky, Tank, are homeless.

26.   All over Europe, the avalanches took lives and destroyed homes.

27.   Allen J. Dinkel, the city manager, whose home was destroyed, has a cot now in his office.

28.   But a tornado might kill everybody across the street from your house and destroy their home and not even break a window in yours.

29.   But there were no reports Friday of homes being destroyed, officials said.

30.   But their home was destroyed, and they have no money.