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
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
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
At that point, I was so broken up I don’t think I would have noticed if the car had burst into flames.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
