Sentence examples for fire expanded from inspiring English sources

As the fire expanded and shifted south, they were forced to again pack up and find refuge.

On Aug. 8, the fire expanded beyond the park's borders, and it became a threat to the town of Old Station.

The fire expanded on all sides, wiping out containment lines as it grew to 40,300 acres this morning from 19,000 acres on Friday, Wayne Johnson, an information officer, said.

"The fire expands exponentially".

Onstage, Arcade Fire expands to nine musicians, or more.

Over time, the epicentres of high-frequency fires expanded from East Kalimantan (1980's) to Central and West Kalimantan (1990's), coincidentally but apparently slightly preceding oil-palm expansion, and high-frequency fires then waned in East Kalimantan and occurred only in Central and West Kalimantan (2000's).

In ad 6, after a particularly bad fire, Augustus expanded the city's fire brigade into a corps of vigiles (firefighters and watchmen), consisting of seven squads, or cohorts, of 1,000 freedmen each.

McLaughlin supports a comprehensive fire fix and expanded fire-prevention funding.

The fire rapidly expanded overnight, but by early Thursday evening firefighters said they had managed to hold it at bay with the help of Blackhawk helicopters that dropped water and small bulldozers that created fire breaks along the perimeter.

"We've made tremendous progress," said Jim Paxon, a spokesman for the Forest Service and the 1,600 firefighters and support workers battling the fire, which expanded overnight to 60,000 acres in the Sequoia National Forest.

He was an able and indefatigable administrator who obtained a new city charter, fought corrupt politicians and organized crime, improved the operations of the police and fire departments, expanded the city's social welfare services, and began slum-clearance and low-cost-housing programs.