flames
Example Sentences
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Unverified videos and images shared online show flames and smoke rising up from a building as bystanders watch.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
After the fire entered the building, crews were forced to fight the flames from outside, tearing down walls so they could blast water cannons into the interior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Nearly a century after the crash of the Hindenburg airship, the images of towering flames and mangled metal haven’t lost their power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
To prevent the flames from advancing, residents "dug a trench and threw dirt into it," Marta Gonzalez, a 68-year-old seamstress living in the area, told AFP.
From Barron's
A cloud of steam and flames burst up out of the ground under the school.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
