Sentence examples for began on fire from inspiring English sources

Kenneth E. Larson, a general contractor who has been building houses in the Saltaire community for 26 years, said that "a building boom" began on Fire Island about three years ago as people began to regain confidence after the storms of 1992 and 1993 destroyed more than 50 of the island's nearly 4,000 homes and damaged hundreds of others.

An investigation into the cause of the fire will begin on Wednesday.

A fire began on one of the barges and it may have spread to the second, WCVB reports.

From this position the riflemen, whose weapons had a much longer range than muskets, began to fire on the British position on the far side of the bridge.

Under fire, Pechell manoeuvered into an advantageous position off Topaze's bow and began to fire on his opponent, shooting away one of the French ship's anchors.

After finishing with the Congress, Lt. Jones turned the Virginia and began to fire on the Minnesota.

Pack's regiments, all four ranks deep, advanced to attack the French in the road but faltered and began to fire on the French instead of charging.

He made his way to the aft Oerlikon 20 mm cannon and began to fire on the Japanese aircraft to protect those in the water.

Nicky's our hero and he's heroically ending the campaign as he began it – on fire.

The fire began on June 8 in the Pike National Forest.

This, however, appeared contradict some witnesses who said the fire began on the ground floor.