31.   A forest fire has killed five firefighters and two hilltribe children near a popular tourist destination in northern Thailand, police said Wednesday.

32.   A house fire killed a woman, her daughter-in-law and two children Wednesday while two other relatives escaped by jumping out a second-floor window, officials said.

33.   Earlier Tuesday, sniper fire killed a young man.

34.   Fire killed five people and injured two in a shoe factory in south China, a Hong Kong newspaper reported Monday.

35.   Five people were killed by fires resulting from candles lit by residents at night.

36.   Fire killed a family of four and left another family homeless in a village in the Far East, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported Monday.

37.   Fire killed five crewmen and injured two others aboard a Greek ship moored at a Croatian port on Friday.

38.   Forest fire out of control kills seven.

39.   In separate attacks in the north of the country, rebel mortar fire killed one soldier and wounded two others Sunday night, the government said Monday.

40.   Iraq said Wednesday that U.S. aircraft fire killed a farmer and wounded two other civilians in a village in southern Iraq.