burst into flames
Example Sentences
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The A9 is closed in both directions after a lorry burst into flames.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
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
One burst into flames just before it was loaded on to a DHL cargo flight to the UK.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
He thought of it in the weeks and months after his Tesla Cybertruck hit a tree and burst into flames in Reseda, leaving him hospitalized for six days.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026
I watched the fire, expecting that at any moment my blanket would burst into flames.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
