inferno

Example Sentences

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But the phantom inferno keeps breaking out, she said, and recently a long, funnel-shaped reflection in her window prompted another false warning: “Tornado sighted.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Prosecutors say the inferno destroyed the 1.2 million square-foot warehouse and the paper products inside, resulting in $500 million in damages.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

A fire break between the Union Corner building - which was destroyed in the blaze - and the external wall of the station is thought to have stopped Sunday's inferno spreading further.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Times investigations uncovered the alert failure in January of last year, and later found that almost no fire trucks were in that side of the community as the inferno raged through.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

I was seeing myself as the fire department and June as the raging inferno.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd