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
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
One burst into flames just before it was loaded on to a DHL cargo flight to the UK.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
She was interrupted, though, when a neighbor reached out to tell her that her home of 42 years had burst into flames.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
The air grew hotter, until she was sure the entire world had burst into flames.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
