71.   A preliminary verdict by engineers was that the alarm was faulty, the Herald newspaper reported.

72.   Bomb experts at the scene said a faulty car alarm was the source of the scare.

73.   There is also alarm about the spread of drought conditions in Europe.

74.   No injuries were reported, but there was widespread alarm as the blaze followed a series of fatal fires here in recent months.

75.   The alarm was graded three on a five-point scale of severity, and nine fire engines were deployed, it said.

76.   The alarm is short-lived.