Sentence examples for roof fire from inspiring English sources

The first call to the Fire Department, describing a roof fire, came at 5 33 a.m.on Tuesday.

However, it added that if the cladding was breached by bathroom vents or pipes it was possible for a "ground to roof fire" to spread rapidly.

The five-alarm fire started in the gift shop in the cathedral's north transept but was contained before it could spread to the main sanctuary or into the woodwork of the roof, Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen said.

The four-alarm fire started at 3 47 a.m. on the second floor of the six-story brick building, sweeping through the upper floors and onto the roof, fire officials said.

The roof: Fire drills a deux tend to be popular, with the happy couple tripping furtively up the fire escape to the relative privacy of the roof (flat roofs are safer but the more adventurous will swear by the sloping variety).

A couple whose Essex home was one of five properties to be destroyed by a roof fire, have said they are coming to terms with being made homeless.

As the soldiers approached the door, the gunners on the roof fired at the distant house's lighted window.

Witnesses have told how the Islamic terrorists stormed the roof, firing at gas cylinders in a bid to cause maximum casualties.

Christopher Tempro, supervising fire marshal for the New York Fire Department, said that according to department statistics, there was an average of 35 roof fires a year from 1994 to 1998.

For the next two years, the snipers remained stationed on the roof, "firing on sick and wounded persons attempting to approach the hospital entrance," according to the U.N. commission.

What is certain is that the occupant was absent early on Saturday when two Israeli drones "knocked on his roof" – firing warning shots to encourage civilians to vacate the building prior to a strike.