The real reason, of course, was that he knew who'd set the earlier fires and believed there wouldn't be another.

Many cases of early fires were reported from 1850-1890.

The Islanders' early fire fizzled, especially after the video review.

One person died in each of the earlier fires, the second occurring in the 1960's, they said.

Sheriff Churchich said there was no indication that the man had been involved in the earlier fire.

She was burned to the water line in one of San Francisco's early fires.

It has also drawn early fire from critics, most reacting to little more than the riddle of its name.

An earlier fire in the same building broke out in 1983, killing a 27-year-old pregnant woman and her four children.

Our critics say we could have stopped some of those early fires, and it's true.

Some survivors said they did not regard the earlier fires as cause for special concern.