Sentence examples for ignited shooting from inspiring English sources

A third truck then hit the stalled truck, and the spilled gasoline was ignited, shooting flames several feet into the air and down into Den Brook.

The craft was taken to high altitude by White Knight, a more-or-less conventional aircraft, and then dropped, whereupon its engines ignited to shoot it 100km (60 miles) above the planet, and thus officially into space.

Leading up to its 10th-century use with Fire Arrows and in fuses for igniting flamethrowers shooting Greek Fire, Daoist alchemists had experimented with various black powder solutions during the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Another use of oil can be seen in the naval battle of La Rochelle during the Hundred Years' War; the Castilians sprayed oil on the decks of English ships then ignited it by shooting flaming arrows down.

We have done the opposite in the five years since the Newtown shooting ignited a renewed interest in gun reform.

But the shooting ignited such a public outcry that Governor Whitman ordered her own investigation of the force in February 1999.

The shooting ignited a massive popular uprising that raged for months and eventually spread to more than 80 cities across South Africa.

But state police denied the existence of racial profiling, and it was not until the April 23 , 1998 turnpike shooting ignited a public outcry that Governor Whitman ordered her own investigation of the force in February 1999.

The racial tensions in Ferguson, Missouri ignited by the shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown have captured the nation's attention and opened conversations across homes, workplaces and boardrooms that are often difficult.

But it was Kittles, averaging 16 points in his last 6 games, who ignited the Nets tonight, shooting 7 of 12 over all and 6 of 8 in the third quarter.

Social media has ignited with tips of shooting locations, rumors of nightlife destinations, sniper-style photos of the stars and even a Gosling impostor.