catch on fire

Example Sentences

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A small plane flying from Iowa to Minnesota in the US crashed into a suburban home and caused it to catch on fire, officials said on Saturday.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2025

While trying to navigate streets, Nunes watched a lawn catch on fire.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025

If you have homeowner's insurance, you don't expect your house to catch on fire, but the chance is not zero, so let's take precautions to prevent it from happening.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024

A fire reduced the fuselage to ash, but the wings did not catch on fire, the report said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023

“But nothing happened when I spun! I didn’t catch on fire or get attacked by mice! I just made gold! Fat skeins of gold that could feed the whole village!”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff