Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past perfect

IX. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past perfect.
(arrive), the fire
1. By the time the firefighters__
over 50 hectares of pine forests.
2. Two people_
apartment.
3. It
4. They
(tell) them.
5.
6. The post_
7. It
and
8. When I
home.
(report) that flames_
(rain) all morning before the tornado_
(touch) down.
(not know) where to shelter from the storm because nobody_
(you/ already leave) the office when the fire
(not arrive) when I
(be) cloudy for days before it_
(flood) the whole City.
(trap) them inside a smoke-filled
9. After Tom and his neighbours_
(arrive) at the cottage.
10. She
(get) to the check-in desk, I realized I
lesson on tsunami two days before.
11. By the time the rescuers_
12. The rescue team_
(already destroy)
(start)?
(leave) home this morning.
(start) to rain heavily
(recognize) the warning signs that she_
(put out) the fire, the fire engines_
(arrive), they
(find) the child after they_
(leave) my ticket at
(learn) in a school
(run) out of food and water.
(search) for ten hours.