Sentence examples for prevent the fire from inspiring English sources

One business owner could be seen dousing his roof with water in an attempt to prevent the fire catching hold.

The house was first searched, householders on either side were warned, efforts were made to prevent the fire from spreading.

They evacuated the surrounding buildings and then turned their hoses on them to prevent the fire from spreading.

It is important for Serbia to cooperate with NATO and the world "to prevent the fire spreading in Macedonia," Mr. Micunovic said, noting the fighting around Tetovo.

A crowd of Iraqis came streaming to the site with buckets of water to try to prevent the fire from spreading.

Mr. James, addressing criticisms that more could have been done to prevent the fire, said, "Right now everyone's playing the blame game and we're playing the investigation game".

"The security services have begun taking actions whose aim is to prevent the firing of these missiles.

To Dorsey's surprise, Zuckerberg asked if there was a way to prevent the firing, perhaps in order to save the deal.

"The activity in Gaza has one clear overriding aim — to prevent the firing of Qassam rockets at Sderot and the firing of mortar shells at Jewish settlements in Gaza," Mr. Mofaz told troops this afternoon.

But the changes fall far short of what is needed and are unlikely to do much to prevent the fires, building collapses and other tragedies that have claimed hundreds of lives in recent years.

The deficiencies that lead to a firing can be used to prevent the firing.