31.   After Johnny Higdon died in a house fire late last year, his body was taken to Marsh Crematory, too.

32.   Careless smoking, faulty heating equipment, and kitchen and electrical hazards are the major causes of house fires.

33.   Firefighters are scrambling from house fire to house fire as Christmas trees dry out and explode under coils of hot wiring.

34.   Fireplaces and wood stoves, as delightful and money-saving as they can be, are also common sources of house fires.

35.   From throughout California they came in white gloves to honor the San Francisco firefighter who was killed Thursday in a three-alarm house fire.

36.   He died in a house fire last year before he could make it happen.

37.   Hollers can be heard up to three miles away and were used on isolated farms to find lost children and summon help in case of house fires.

38.   In the hall, the three-term Democrat vigorously pumped hands -- as if he were drawing water to fight a house fire.

39.   Inevitably, the reliance on heaters produced a rash of house fires, the worst of which killed three people on the southwest side of the city early Sunday.

40.   John Higdon, who needed a wheelchair, died in a house fire in November.