flames

Example Sentences

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It was three days after a stranded mariner’s emergency flare apparently sent flames raging through the south end of Channel Islands National Park’s second-largest island.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

That owes largely to the difficulty of preserving and projecting it, as it has a tendency to deteriorate and/or go up in flames.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

He said by the time firefighters arrived his house was "already engulfed in flames" and everything is destroyed.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Acting like a giant incinerator, the spinning flames destroy many of the particles responsible for dense smoke plumes.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

The Morris Fire’s flames were so big, so intense, that they could reach the top of a giant sequoia tree, two hundred and fifty feet in the air.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz