Mr. Sharif alerted his family and neighbors, and they immediately cleared out.

The town will alert neighbors and the church that at next month's meeting it will reopen hearings and then vote on time limits.

Prosecutors are reviewing the cases to determine which offenders are dangerous enough to warrant alerting schools, neighbors and others.

By nightfall he alerted neighbors and the sheriff's department.

Gordon Northcott suggested using a gun, but Sarah feared that the noise might alert neighbors.

Their screams alerted neighbors who called the police, he said.

Han alerted neighbors to call for an ambulance.

The fire eventually spread to the rest of the room and the smoke alerted neighbors, who were among the first to discover the scene.

Then, on the morning of June 25, 2008, the sound of jackhammers alerted neighbors that the boulder was being destroyed.