| The experts reckon the house originally has a thatched or cut wood roof supported by a wattle wall and timber posts. |
| Traditional architectural styles are found in the rural communities, with variously shaped adobe houses with thatched roofs. |
| Armed with machetes and machineguns, the raiders scythe through the rows of huts, torching their thatched roofs. |
| In rural areas of Latin America, adobe houses with thatched roofs are fixtures of the landscape. |
| On July 2 in that year, a fire swept through the village, destroying dozens of the thatched and timber buildings. |
| During his career, he has attended road accidents, air crashes, forest fires and blazing thatched cottages. |
