Complete the newspaper story about a fire. put in the past simple forms of the verbs: two ) in a fire in ellis street, oldport yesterday morning. ) herbert and molly paynter, a couple in their seventies. the ) at 3.20 a. m. a neighbour, mr aziz, ) the flames ) the fire brigade. he ) to get into the house and rescue his neighbours, but the ) too great. the fire ) in five minutes. twenty five-) the fire and ) it under control. two fire-) the burning building ) the couple dead.