Sentence examples for igniting the blaze from inspiring English sources

Mr. Ballard threw the object into the bathroom, aiming for the toilet, but it landed instead on a rug, igniting the blaze, Mr. Francois said he was told.

Fire officials also said investigators had recovered both the water heater suspected of igniting the blaze and the backdoor of the hardware store.

National Park Superintendent Roy Weaver, who took responsibility for igniting the blaze, has been placed on paid leave and declined requests to be interviewed.

More than six years after a fire in a Brooklyn apartment building killed four people, including two children and their mother, a man with a long history of drug and burglary convictions was accused of igniting the blaze and was charged with murder on Tuesday.

Vaccaro said there was "human involvement" in igniting the blaze, but it is not clear whether it was an accident or arson.

Matthew Bent, 17, did not take a plea deal in the horrific attack, which made national headlines in October 2009 after Jarvis allegedly poured the alcohol on Bent's command and Mendez flicked a lighter, igniting the blaze that put Brewer in the hospital for months with excruciating burns over two-thirds of his body.

Investigators have yet to determine what ignited the blaze.

The investigation found that workers who used torches and other tools, or who smoked, could have ignited the blaze accidentally.

He said he did not know what the workers were making at the time of the fire or what had ignited the blaze.

An inadequate extension cord carrying a heavy power load to an oil heater that resembled a small radiator on wheels appeared to have ignited the blaze, Lieutenant Martinez said.

Because all the furniture in the living room had ignited, the blaze went from a fuel-controlled fire to a ventilation-controlled fire — or what scientists call "post-flashover".