Sentence examples for contained the flames from inspiring English sources

Firefighters contained the flames behind deep ditches five days after it started, but they expected the fire to smolder underground until rain comes, said Ralph Scarpino, forest fire supervisor for the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.

Fourteen of the products contained the flame retardant TCEP, which the State of California describes as a cancer-causing agent.

Around 60 firefighters were needed to contain the flames.

Above the hearth, an arched roof contains the flames and reflects the heat onto the melt.

The conditions made it difficult — if not impossible — for firefighters to contain the flames.

Nine firefighters were injured and dozens of nearby residents were evacuated as firefighters struggled for hours to contain the flames.

It burned 177 buildings to the ground; villagers destroyed another 50 in their frantic attempts to contain the flames.

The good news is that the old walls of the original buildings should contain the flames, forcing them to spread vertically, rather than engulfing the entire structure.

Fire Department officials and others said closing the door on a fire in an apartment building contains the flames and chokes off some of the oxygen that feeds them.

Drought conditions have increasingly affected the state over the past decade, causing erratic fire behavior and making efforts to contain the flames much more difficult.

As of Thursday afternoon, about 2,500 homes had been evacuated and nearly 700 responders were mobilized to contain the flames, Ms. Sieliet said.