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…I had never seen a house on fire before. so, one evening when I heard fire engines with loud alam bells rushing past my house. I quckly ran our and a few streets away, joined a large crowd of people: but we couyld see the fire only from a distance…

…Fire is a good servant, helping us with the cooking and providing warmth during those chilly winter nights, but it can also be a bad master when we underestimate its destructive power. It's for this reason that fire needs to be handled with care…

…grip. The hot metal had burned my hand. In that short second, I turned my head without taking a breath and saw that a fire was dancing up the side of the wall, trailing black ash behind it. "Cheyenne," I whispered, not knowing whether I should be waking her…

…by firemen. I answered their questions and explained the house layout. Before I knew it, the fire was out and we were examining the damage. The animals were fine and the destruction minimal. We found that our fuse box was the source of the fire. I can…

…Theme: Greed and stupidity. 'Mysterious Fires Breaking out Across Prince Rupert, British Colombia'--John Reeves 'I can't believe there is another one' read surprised Henry Peters. 'That must be 5 houses in the last 2 months. Why would anyone…

…Late one Wednesday night in May, my girlfriend and I spotted some smoke and could see lava-like fire coming from the Jemez Mountains. We knew right away that it was a forest fire, but did not know how serious it was. We drove to my house…

…friend Sarah Hall’s house. The night before, Sarah’s mom, Barbara, had told us that she and her husband were going to leave in the morning to help a friend. I remember the door opening slowly, allowing the bright hallway light to enter the room…

…The scientific name for burning is "combustion." In most cases oxygen from the air combines with some material that can burn. This produces heat. If the process takes place rapidly, we may see flames or an intense glow which is called fire. Chemically…

…Fire! I remember that I once loved to play with fire. I would look at it, feel it, and sometimes test it out on some things that did not belong to me. Those things included my sister’s dolls. Other times I…

…the house that their children spoke of. They all went to the spot where the house was, and it was there just the same, like the first time they ever saw it. There were no flames, no smoke, no smoke residue even on the inside, like there was no fire at all. So…