burst into flames
Example Sentences
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Moments after she escaped from the wreckage, it burst into flames.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Arenas was involved in a single-car accident in April 2025 and hospitalized for six days after a Tesla Cybertruck he was driving hit a tree and burst into flames.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 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
At the top of Half-Blood Hill, Thalia’s pine tree burst into flames.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
