Sentence examples for fire set off from inspiring English sources

The resulting fire set off an automatic alarm, Firefighter McGill said, and firefighters responded.

In 2003 in Rhode Island, also fire set off by a pyrotechnic display at a club killed about 100 people.

The rocket fire set off sirens in the western Galilee and raised tensions in the region against the background of the conflict in Syria.

In June, explosions and a fire set off by a gas leak tore through a poultry plant in northeast China, killing at least 119 people.

News flashes about the new artillery fire set off a brief wave of alarm in Seoul, where Tuesday's attack has stirred anxiety and outrage.

An explosion and fire set off by an accidentally dropped hand grenade killed 25 soldiers during a stock check at an ammunition depot, the government said Thursday.

When François, duc de Guise, discovered the Huguenots worshiping outside the prescribed limits, as he claimed, he opened fire, setting off the Massacre of Vassy and the wars.

Officials have not disclosed a cause of the blast, but one worker told Caixin, a Chinese business news outlet, that a tanker truck carrying natural gas had caught fire, setting off an explosion in a benzene storage area.

The cause of the blast has not been confirmed, but one worker said a tanker truck carrying natural gas had caught fire, setting off an explosion in a benzene storage area, according to a report from Caixin, a Chinese business news outlet.

At the height of a 1993-94 crisis over the North's efforts to build nuclear weapons, North Korea threatened to turn Seoul into "a sea of fire," setting off a panic in the South that prompted residents to rush to stock up on food.

The unknown nature of the chemicals, the explosions of fuel containers, and the fire setting off ammunition rounds at 6 21 a.m. in the 1100 block of North Isabel Street prompted authorities to evacuate six adjacent homes and six others on Jackson Street, Battalion Chief Vincent Rifino said.