Sentence examples for a contained fire from inspiring English sources

City and fire officials tried to explain why such a contained fire was taking so long to extinguish.

So, a contained fire — yes, the metaphor is right, the Colonel is thinking, for if things go as planned the revolt will happen quickly, with casualties in a mere handful of key locations, as he will now outline to them.

Only a contained fire should be fought using a fire extinguisher.

"It would've been a small contained fire we would've had out in a few hours".

Automatic extinguishers quickly put out the fire, Ms. Conroy said, adding, "It was a very small, very contained fire".

Aleksandrs Antonenko sang with contained fire.

It is only 5percentt contained, fire officials said.

The Parsis, however, build "towers of silence" (dakhma) for the purpose, to which they accompany the deceased with a pot containing fire.

The boiler had a normal firebox connected to a large combustion chamber containing fire bricks which were to act as a heat reservoir.

In 2009, more than one dozen soldiers lost their lives while trying to contain fire in a mountain region.

It is hard to control or contain "fire and fury".