31.  Ben-Ruby said an end-of-the-summer heat wave and shifting wind directions were disrupting the firefighting efforts.

32.  But strong winds hampered firefighting efforts from the air, local media reported, with planes unable to continue flights for long.

33.  Clinton plans a trip Tuesday to Boise, Idaho, where he will get a briefing on the status of firefighting efforts, White House spokesman Joe Lockhart said.

34.  Congressional critics of the plan say it will hinder firefighting efforts, but Glickman gave no indication that the Clinton administration is backing off the ban.

35.  During the firefighting effort, emergency workers heard two explosions believed to come from incinerated acetylene gas bottles that had been left by workmen repairing the roof.

36.  Firefighting efforts Sunday concentrated on digging up obvious fires and using heat sensing scanners to detect underground flames in the trail of the worst fires.

37.  Firefighting efforts were hampered by a lack of funds, ITAR-Tass said.

38.  Firefighting efforts were hampered by the munitions explosions.

39.  Firefighting efforts turned deadly Monday in Walker, California.

40.  Firefighting efforts were hampered late Wednesday by a severe thunderstorm, strong winds and hail, ITAR-Tass said.