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
Moments after she escaped from the wreckage, it burst into flames.
From BBC • May 20, 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
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
Not even the homes of the dead were safe as wooden grave markers burst into flames and some marble vaults cracked under the intense heat.
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
