21.   The cause was a faulty regulator on a gas steam heater.

22.   The mechanic who installed the gas heater was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide and his company of manslaughter two years later.

23.   The prosecutor, Edward Heilig, told jurors Torpey had never installed a gas heater before and made no effort to ensure it was vented correctly.

24.   Police spokesman Pete Dennis said the fire apparently was started by an open flame gas heater.

25.   Police spokesman Pete Dennis said the fire apparently was started by an open flame gas heater while the adults were running errands.

26.   A household gas heater exploded in western Ukraine, killing four people, two of them children, officials said Thursday.

27.   Burton Stansbery of Longview, Texas, said the small gas heater he owns has been a lifesaver for him and his wife.

28.   His kitchen was a small gas heater, on which he prepared tea, coffee, soup and freeze-dried meals.

29.   In remote villages in Lebanon and in many Palestinian towns, electricity was cut and residents huddled near gas heaters to keep warm.

30.   Investigators believed a gas heater could have been the cause of the blast.