The fire jumped out of the ring and began burning the grass in the surrounding area.

As they watched, the fire jumped the road in three places, catching hold on the other side.

Build a wide enough break the fire won't jump it.

The fire jumped to the undertakers building, located next door.

They should also have had more firefighters on hand in case the fire jumped its prescribed boundaries.

Inside the tower, "fire was jumping all over the place".

"We are second only to California in the way a fire can jump up and race out of control," he said.

"I was caught in one of the break-throughs, where the fire jumped a break."

At one point, the fire jumped the freeway, the police said.

Had the fire jumped a ridge to the east, it could have hit thousands of homes.