flames
Example Sentences
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Residents were ordered to evacuate two nearby villages as the flames consumed a third of the High Fens, with local officials warning the fire - which had been burning since Friday - could reach homes.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
“Just another day of watching Russia burn,” she wrote on Instagram this week, posting a photo of flames rising over a Siberian petrochemicals plant, to the soundtrack of The Prodigy’s “Firestarter.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Some 550 firefighters are in the battle against the flames near the eruption of another fire in July that covered 37 square kilometres of land.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
More than 100 firefighters fought the flames across an area of 500 acres, with hotspots remaining on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
As soon as the Nanuak was hidden, the flames grew and the shadows shrank.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
