Sentence examples for spread upstairs from inspiring English sources

The fire engulfed a couch downstairs and spread upstairs, Chief Curry said.

The fire at 39 Quincy Street, near Classon Avenue, began about 7 30 p.m. and quickly spread upstairs to the third and fourth floors, even though the building had a sprinkler system, said Firefighter Joseph Leoncavallo, a department spokesman.

He told the jury how after spreading into the hallway, the fire rapidly spread upstairs because of a "chimney effect" and went into the attic of the house.

She told the jury once the fire had breached the front door, it took "seconds" to spread upstairs and for flames to pour out of the front bedroom window.

The French Speakeasy spreads upstairs & down over 3 floors of big old house in West 50's.

The police said that they had found traces of an accelerant in a first-floor hallway and that the fire had spread quickly upstairs.

The restaurant was forced to close in June after a fire in the flue of its oven, which spread to offices upstairs in the building.

With only 40 galleries spread over three enormous upstairs floors, the atmosphere is open and airy.

He came upstairs and spread his shooting gear across the kitchen table.

The fire, thought to be accidental, appears to have started in the kitchen before spreading to the upstairs bedrooms, the fire service said.

"We pulled out hundreds of books, and she came down to just these five," Mr. O'Neill said, describing a great winnowing scene in which upstairs tables were spread with volumes.