"fire ignited" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the start of a fire, either literal or figurative. For example, "The spark ignited the fire that destroyed the forest."
The fire ignited instantly.
Instead, the fire ignited gasoline from a broken engine.
Wind gusts reached nearly 80 mph shortly after the fire ignited.
It had already left for the day and was engulfed in a fire ignited by the wave.
Workers in the basement were updating the fire alarm system when the fire ignited, Mr. Daly said.
The petard itself was kindled by the 'holy fire,' ignited with pieces of stone from the Holy Sepulchre.
Just days later, a fire ignited by pyrotechnics resulted in 100 deaths in a Rhode Island nightclub.
And it was moving very fast: The fire ignited Wednesday and by Thursday evening 22,000 acres had burned.
In the Volga region today the Mordvins still burn the disinterred bones of the dead in the flames of a "living fire" ignited by friction.
A 25-year-old film student died early yesterday in a fire ignited by candles burning near her bed in her downtown Brooklyn apartment, officials said.
A spark from the fire ignited the new roof, and on the very day of its dedication the church burned to the ground.
