1.   The lorries did not catch light immediately, but while the fire service were freeing those trapped, the fire began.

2.   Rescuers did not have the heavy equipment needed to cut through the twisted steel to free those trapped, she said.

3.   Rushing fellow citizens to hospital and desperately tearing into the rubble to free those trapped beneath, they transcended the tribal and ethnic differences that politicians claim divide Kenya.

4.   Tamil rebels used poison gas against government troops, apparently trying to free comrades trapped in the besieged guerrilla stronghold, the military said Saturday.

5.   Emergency service workers and volunteers were trying to free others trapped at the foot of the cliff, the report said.