Sentence examples for setting off a fire from inspiring English sources

At one point, someone interrupted the proceedings by setting off a fire alarm.

If a large financial firm becomes unstable, regulators often worry that it will dump its assets, setting off a fire sale.

The power company said Wednesday that "steam escaped during a maintenance operation," setting off a fire alarm, and that the incident had been quickly brought under control.

police helicopter bombing an almost identical house & setting off a fire that took 11 lives & destroyed 61 houses on Osage & on Pine Street.

There, he said, attendance fell, four rabbits perished in heat that passed 100 degrees, and a beloved, final fireworks display was canceled for fear of setting off a fire in the bone-dry county.

But in July 2013, a runaway freight train in Canada carrying 74 tank cars full of Bakken oil derailed in the town of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, setting off a fire that destroyed 30 downtown buildings and killed 47 people.

There, it exploded and set off a fire that destroyed the house.

Video footage released by the Jordanian military showed some of the strikes, including one that set off a fire ball.

The celebration of booze also ensures plenty of hilarious after-dinner anecdotes too, like when Tony Adams set off a fire extinguisher, or the time Stan Collymore set off a fire extinguisher.

The explosion set off a fire in the south wing of the building, ABS-CBN television reported.

Jones was the headgirl of her school; Corden was suspended for trying to set off a fire alarm.