Despite noises from a back bedroom, the firefighters did not search further until police officers responded to a call for backup.

As the firefighters searched for the missing woman, the second floor collapsed, dropping them into a raging fire.

British soldiers, the police, firefighters and paramedics searched for survivors and more dead.

Fire Chief James A. Murtagh said firefighters were searching the debris for other possible victims.

The blitz caused rush-hour chaos as police and firefighters searched for more bombs.

Police officers and firefighters searched garbage dumpsters, storm sewers and carnival trailers.

Flashlights probed the debris as firefighters searched the shattered building.

For more than two hours, firefighters searched through the rubble, fearing that someone might be trapped underneath.

Five people died in a house fire early today, and firefighters searched through debris for at least one more person, an East Orange fire official said.

The woman the firefighters had been searching for was found, unhurt, on the street nearby, Mr. Von Essen said.