The few remaining logs collapsed upon themselves, hissing, spiraling sparks, yet continuing to radiate heat.

The cook's needles clicked and a log collapsed with a shower of sparks.

The logs in the fireplace collapsed into the embers, which winked out one by one.

A log collapsed in the fire and then the small crackling of its settling was the only sound in the room.

A log collapsed in the fire, showering sparks up.

Officials said the logs collapsed during a shift change by the student workers.

A log collapsed in the fireplace, throwing out a spray of sparks.

Held in place by slender windfall limbs, the log collapsed under the men's weight.

A nearly burned log in the fireplace collapsed into a mound of coals.

A log in the fireplace, burning through, collapsed in a shower of sparks.