1.   Firemen fought to keep the blaze under control.

2.   Firemen fought for hours to control the fire, which had broken out on Wednesday night.

3.   Firemen had been fighting the forest for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control.

4.   Detectives launched an enquiry after the body of Michael Chatfield was found as firemen fought a blaze in a three storey house.

5.   Seventeen firemen fought the blaze for four hours before getting it under control.

6.   Firemen fought for several hours to contain the blaze that began before dawn Monday at the Sheikh Abubakar Gumi market in Kaduna.

7.   Firemen fought desperately for seven hours to no avail.

8.   Firemen fought the fire desperately for seven hours to no avail.

9.   Firemen fought a blaze Wednesday in a government building housing the offices of Prime Minister John Bruton.