81.   The blaze was put out in two hours but firefighters had difficulty moving into the building because of the gas.

82.   The canyon walls are so steep that firefighters had difficulty reaching the flames.

83.   The eight were killed instantly, and firefighters had to cut the baby out of the wreckage.

84.   Firefighters had a hard time getting travelers to go upstairs to safe exits leading out of the departure area, it added.

85.   But firefighters had those blazes near holiday spots under control, he said.

86.   Firefighters had to put the animal to sleep with anaesthetic before they could catch it.

87.   Many of the casualties were overcome by thick acrid smoke through which firefighters had to search for the victims.

88.   The bushfires claimed their first serious casualty Friday when a firefighter had to be flown to hospital with burns.

89.   The bushfires claimed their first serious casualty Friday when a firefighter had to be flown to hospital with third degree burns.