Sentence examples for fire collapse from inspiring English sources

Last week's oil drilling rig explosion, fire, collapse and continuing spill in the Gulf of Mexico make quite clear the threat posed by an expansion of drilling.

And on the corner a few weeks ago, a pair of houses that were damaged by fire collapsed.

One of the UK's finest 18th-century Palladian mansions has been left a "shell" after a devastating fire collapsed its roof, ceilings and floors.

The impact and fire collapsed the hangar's steel roof onto part of the aircraft as well as on planes stored inside.

The planned three-day cease fire collapsed after roughly 90 minutes when Israeli soldiers who were preparing to destroy a Hamas tunnel in southern Gaza, near the Egyptian border, were fired on by Hamas fighters emerging from the passageway.

Should the cease-fire collapse entirely, those gains could be in serious jeopardy, making it far more difficult to begin bringing substantial numbers of American troops home.

There are, in fact, multiple pathways to get to a Big One, the kind of earthquake that could cause more than 1,000 deaths, ignite hundreds of fires, collapse buildings and leave lasting scars that take a generation from which to recover.

The cease-fire collapsed in June 2011.

The cease-fire collapsed in 1996, however, and the IRA resumed its bombing campaign.

Since a cease-fire collapsed two weeks ago, violence has increased, and both sides have backtracked from tentative steps to restore confidence.

If the cease-fire collapses, American diplomatic intervention will be needed to restrain the escalation that could easily follow.