After firefighters had contained the fire, the structure collapsed into an adjoining vacant lot on its north side.

"The firefighters are containing the fire," a spokesperson for the General Authority of Civil Aviation told reporters.

The blaze stubbornly resisted efforts to put it out, but the firefighters contained it and finally extinguished it early on 21 October 1918.

In New Jersey, firefighters battling flare-ups in the Worthington State Forest in Pahaquarry Township, said they had the blaze there contained, but not under control.

About 175 firefighters contained the fire in about 90 minutes.

By 8 p.m. the more than 70 firefighters at the scene had contained the fire but were still trying to put it out.

Some 150 firefighters battled the blaze more than four hours, contained and finally extinguished it.

Officials tonight also predicted that firefighters would have the blaze entirely contained by Friday evening, and extinguished by Sunday night.

Most were allowed to return to their homes Saturday night after firefighters contained the fire near that area.

But the firefighters contained it, and she was paying them back by helping direct traffic to the parking lots.