The phrase "contain fire" is a grammatically correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
It is often used in a figurative sense, meaning to control or suppress something that could potentially cause harm or chaos. Example: The new fireproof curtains were designed to contain fire in case of an emergency.
Vincent Dunn, a retired fire chief and an authority on high-rise fire safety, said the rapid collapse of the trade center's towers undermined the public's faith that such buildings could resist and contain fire.
Boeing's fixes include better insulation for the batteries' eight cells, and a stainless steel box designed to encase the batteries and contain fire and vent possible smoke or hazardous gases out of the planes.
50 Advice: My Boyfriend Is Way Too Controlling "I thought he'd be satisfied after he figured out how to control and contain fire, thereby securing clear and uncontestable proof that he'd caused the human race to advance immeasurably... but he's not.
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".
Cooler temperatures also helped partially contain fires in in the Angeles National Forest and foothill communities east of Los Angeles.
And while many use quick-closing fire doors to isolate and contain fires, the trend in museum design toward long, open spaces poses its own difficulties.
The thick, four-layered doors outside the second-floor windows were designed to contain fires and keep them from spreading to neighboring buildings.
However, desert grasslands of the southwestern United States often lack needed herbaceous fuel loads for effective prescriptions, dominant perennial graminoids may have poor fire tolerance, and some systems contain fire-tolerant invasive species.
Pictures on Syria TV showed firemen battling to contain fires as black smoke rose from charred trucks and cars.
They do not contend that chimps will one day start and contain fires, though captive apes can start fires with a cigarette lighter (see video, start at 6 05).
