The few remaining logs collapsed upon themselves, hissing, spiraling sparks, yet continuing to radiate heat.
The cook's needles clicked and a log collapsed with a shower of sparks.
The logs in the fireplace collapsed into the embers, which winked out one by one.
A log collapsed in the fire and then the small crackling of its settling was the only sound in the room.
A log collapsed in the fire, showering sparks up.
Officials said the logs collapsed during a shift change by the student workers.
A log collapsed in the fireplace, throwing out a spray of sparks.
Held in place by slender windfall limbs, the log collapsed under the men's weight.
A nearly burned log in the fireplace collapsed into a mound of coals.
A log in the fireplace, burning through, collapsed in a shower of sparks.
