article_snippet.sent: Ahmed al-Karim,  head of the Salahuddin provincial council, said fighters had burnt 'hundreds of houses' in the last two days.
article_snippet.sent: Above, black smoke rises from burning shops .
article_snippet.sent: Mr Karim, who left for Baghdad late on Friday afternoon due to the chaos, said houses and shops were being burnt and fighters were stealing everything from inside houses and shops. '
article_snippet.sent: the city of Tikrit was burnt in front of Our eyes.
article_snippet.sent: Above, a fire rages through a building. 
article_snippet.sent: A number of homes and businesses were burning in Tikrit earlier this week, though at least some of the fires were apparently related to efforts to clear the city of bombs.
article_snippet.sent: Smoke rises by a destroyed building at one of Saddam Hussein's palaces.
article_snippet.sent: At least some of the fires were related to efforts to clear the city of bombs .
highlights_snippet.sent: Ahmed al-Karim said fighters had burnt 'hundreds of homes' in two days .
  