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"Most of the students escaped... but the building caught fire and the smoke was extremely thick. So, 10 to 12 students were trapped," the dean said.

That was the plan, anyway — until the world caught fire.

Location matters too: Dry, unmanaged plants under windows or near fences may ignite rapidly and make it more likely that the house itself will catch fire.

On 8 May, a car the prime minister had sold to a neighbour caught fire on the Kentish Town street where he lived before moving to Downing Street.

Several homes were destroyed and cars caught fire after the private aircraft crashed in the Murphy Canyon residential neighbourhood of the city.