31.   Efforts to fight the blaze were hindered at first by low water pressure and by crowds of onlookers who initially blocked fire trucks from the scene.

32.   Firefighting was hindered by low water pressure and by crowds of onlookers drawn by the flames, who initially blocked fire trucks.

33.   Firefighting was hindered by low water pressure and by crowds of onlookers blocking fire trucks.

34.   French truck drivers backed calls for higher wages by blocking foreign trucks from crossing France.

35.   French media reported long lines of cars Thursday at service stations around Bordeaux, especially hard-hit last year when the strikers blocked trucks delivering gasoline.

36.   In the rioting Sunday, crowds blocked fire trucks from reaching the burning Christian Church of Ketapang and a police helicopter hovered above thousands of people roaming the streets.

37.   In the rioting Sunday, crowds blocked fire trucks from reaching the burning Christian Church of Ketapang.

38.   International monitors were blocking the trucks at a checkpoint along the Zagreb-Belgrade highway, said Steen Vogelius, leader of the European Union monitoring mission in Croatia.

39.   Italian farmers blocked trucks at the borders to keep foreign cows out.

40.   Mobs blocked fire trucks that tried to reach the hotel, a fire brigade official said by telephone.