They set off a string of bombs that damaged equipment in the machine room and started a fire that authorities rushed to put out.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

The whole city burned down, practically, in a terrible fire and fire insurance started to proliferate right after that in London.

大火几乎烧毁了整座城市,紧随着那场伦敦大火,火险订单的数量激增

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The town of Marysville, which was almost obliterated in the disaster, remains a crime scene as investigators search the charred debris of buildings for more victims of a fire that was thought to have been started deliberately.

VOA: standard.2009.03.14