Sentence examples for fire the roof from inspiring English sources

"One of the daughters started yelling, 'The roof is on fire, the roof is on fire!' " said Dov Greenberg, 16, who knows the family.

Last night, the transept crossing collapsed, in addition to much of the northern transept". During the fire, the roof shingles, made of 210 tons of lead, melted and 300°C hot lead poured into the cathedral's interior, adding to the damage.

Eleven fire appliances dealt with the fire in the roof space, described by Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service as "severe".

Fire crews battled a fire on the roof of a block of flats in Swansea city centre.

According to an account by Walter of Guisborough, a plumber soldering the lead roof forgot to put out his fire, causing the roof timbers to catch fire and molten lead ran down into the church below.

Some black youths contend that they did not fire at the roof at all but rather that they fired from their headquarters at policemen approaching the building.

Fire burns the roof off the family fortress.

The soldiers apparently took fire from the roof, and responded by tossing a grenade.

In 2010, a suspicious fire destroyed the roof of the heritage building.

After a fire damaged the roof in 1836, a series of restorations were carried out during the 19th century.

"We're a very poor shul," Rabbi Yehuda Oshry said in 2001, after the disastrous fire in the roof and ceiling.