31.   The blaze began after offices had closed, but the fire destroyed a number of Interior Ministry records, officials said.

32.   The blaze began as a government-prescribed burn to clear brush in the Bandelier National Monument, adjacent to the lab.

33.   The blaze began shortly after noon Tuesday in the state-owned Greenwood Forest Fish and Wildlife Management Area.

34.   The blazes began over the weekend in the wooded hills of Batroun in northern Lebanon.

35.   The blazes began this weekend in the wooded hills of Batroun in northern Lebanon.

36.   The blaze began as a government-prescribed burn to clear brush.

37.   The blaze began Saturday, possibly sparked by a runaway campfire, Carter said.

38.   The emergency lighting system and the fire alarm in the hall outside the room where the blaze began were melted, but the alarm sounded, Wilks said.

39.   But a police sueprintendent said that the blaze began accidentally during an exchange of gunfire between guerrillas and government troops.

40.   Unconfirmed reports said the flat where the blaze began was shared by more than one family and was being used to store restaurant equipment.