Sentence examples for igniting fires from inspiring English sources

Israeli soldiers fired heavy machine guns and tank shells at the refugee camp, damaging buildings, igniting fires, cutting electric power and plunging panicked residents into darkness.

Fire officials say the drought and recent freezes mean conditions for igniting fires are worse than in 1998, when 500,000 acres burned across the state.

As a comparison risk analysis, suppose a 10km asteroid were going to pass through the Earth's atmosphere, igniting fires that would kill a million people.

Humans have introduced fire to biomass-rich areas either by igniting fires within fire-conducive windows of time [56] or by altering the virtually "fire-proof" vegetation structure [54], often in association with drought [57].

For the refrains, she speaks of igniting fire on photographs of her ex-boyfriend, concluding them with a musical punch line, "As far as I'm concerned / You're just another picture to burn".

Slowly blow air on the igniting fire to build heat and intensity.

Both Hat Creek Valley and Old Station had evacuated their homes because of wildfires twice in the previous 10 years, most recently in 2009, when lightning ignited fires that burned 9,300 acres.

Once upon a time, they could ignite fires of debate, stimulate other thoughts, incite revolutions and fundamentally change the ways we look at and think about the world.

Republican or Democrat, Northerner or Southerner, black, white or anywhere in between, the primal urge to ignite fires and sear hunks of meat transcends almost all bounds.

Firefighters must stay alert to insure that such airborne incendiaries don't ignite fires at their backs, cutting off their avenue of escape.

This study explores the potential for "managed wildfire", whereby naturally ignited fires are allowed to burn, to alter the water balance.