21.   Firefighters battled the fire and thick smoke for nearly six hours before rescuers could reach some parts of the charred debris.

22.   Firefighters battled the fire for more than an hour to bring the blaze under control.

23.   Firefighters battled through the night to control the blaze, which was still burning Wednesday afternoon but was under control.

24.   Firefighters battled to put out blazes in several buildings next to a burned oil tanker.

25.   Firefighters on Saturday battled several wildfires sparked by extremely dry conditions around the state.

26.   Firefighters on Sunday battled wildfires across the state, with at least one blazes expected to burn for much of the week.

27.   Firefighters on Thursday battled a blaze in the crew quarters of the Ming Mercy, a Taiwanese-registered coal carrier off Port Kembla, south of Sydney.

28.   Firefighters were still battling the flames, but there was little threat now of it spreading to other fuel tanks, he added.

29.   Firefighters battled a blaze that raced through the building complexes overnight, and some fires continued to burn Sunday.

30.   Firefighters battled a large blaze following an explosion at a Conoco refinery in central England on Monday.