Sentence examples for stop a fire from inspiring English sources

Its chief executive, Keith Skeoch, defended the decision on Tuesday, saying it was necessary to stop a "fire sale" of property.

He would have predicted, he said, that thinning and burning together would stop a fire, but was surprised that the plots that were thinned but not burned survived as well as they did.

A king might, for example, order that a house be torn down in order to stop a fire from spreading throughout a city (Two Treatises 1.159).

The LA Times said any one of these obstacles could stop a fire, but the bone-dry landscape was being fanned by shifting winds.

Even if thinning doesn't prevent wildfire altogether, it could increase firefighters' ability to stop a fire advancing on homes, and reduce the safety risks they face on the job.

"We also need to understand why the council and the Environment Agency didn't step in earlier to get this site back into a decent state and stop a fire taking place".

A lollipop man has been sacked for stopping a fire engine on its way to a 999 call.

A lollipop man has been suspended after claims that he stopped a fire engine on its way to an emergency call so that children could continue crossing the road.

"Stopping a fire is going to be an enormous challenge and we're definitely bracing those areas for a difficult fire season for years to come," Berlant said.

In 208 AD, Cao Cao wins victories over Zhuge Liang's trickery at Bo Wan Po, defeats a fleeing Liu Bei at Changban, and stops a fire attack ploy by an allied fleet of Sun Jian and Liu Bei at Chi Bi.

This weather's going to make the perfect storm". "Stopping a fire is going to be an enormous challenge and we're definitely bracing those areas for a difficult fire season for years to come," Berlant said.