1.   The blaze quickly spread to a neighbouring house.

2.   The blaze spread to two adjacent buildings before firefighters were able to contain it.

3.   The blaze spread to two adjacent buildings.

4.   The blaze also spread to a neighbouring house, damaging three windows and some plastic guttering.

5.   Fanned by high winds, the blaze spread rapidly.

6.   The blaze spread to the town house, where the boy was trapped until the rescuers pulled him from the flames.

7.   Whatever the cause, fire officials said, the blaze spread quickly, devouring the repair shop.

8.   An oil rig burst into flames Thursday, injuring three workers, one critically, and authorities feared the blaze might spread to nearby fuel tanks.

9.   An explosion Thursday caused a fire aboard an empty oil tanker, and the blaze spread to nearby ships at a private dockyard near Istanbul, reports said.