burst into flames
Example Sentences
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The difference was that unlike the iPod, the iPhone or any MacBook, F1’s product went 200 miles an hour and occasionally burst into flames.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
On Sunday, he said the men died returning from the operation to dismantle the synthetic drug labs after the truck skidded off the road, fell down a ravine and burst into flames.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
On 20 July, the first parcel Suranovas had posted burst into flames at Leipzig airport in Germany.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
Flores, a 22-year deputy and father of four, was doing a regular firearms re-certification when the trailer-style range burst into flames, according to a civil complaint his family has filed against the county.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025
An early milkman saw what he thought to be black figures coming out of a barn immediately before it burst into flames.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
