Normally,explosives are used to stop the fire from burning.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

This time,with his budget under fire from the political opposition, the president is fighting back.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

This meant the Apollo Eight astronauts could fire the rocket that would send them from Earth orbit toward the moon.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

The fire was so big that American astronaut John Glenn could see it from space as he orbited Earth.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

They worked through the night and had the fire controlled the next morning, when other men arrived from a camp in the area.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

With orders from President Obama to act in such a situation, they opened fire, killing three Somalis.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

A leading New York newspaper published a story with the headline, "Fire Buffs Barred From Blaze."

VOA: special.2009.05.17

We leave you with the title track from Arcade Fire's new album, "The Suburbs."

VOA: special.2010.08.13

His hand went to the fire and he pulled a burning stick from it.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

Today we celebrate our thirteen-hundredth show on Friday the thirteenth with music from the band Arcade Fire, and a story about a huge shopping center in Minnesota.

VOA: special.2010.08.13

So Anderson had his men fire the smaller cannon from better-protected positions.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

The story was about an order from New York's fire commissioner.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

You protected them from the dangers of water, fire and earth.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

Other big acts include pop star Lady Gaga, the punk rock band Green Day, the alternative rock band from Canada called Arcade Fire and the nineteen eighties techno-rock band Devo.

VOA: special.2010.08.02

In 2007, after a fire destroyed an apartment complex housing dozens of immigrant families, only one family accepted help from MCC.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

Then,aided by his faithful friends Donkey (a talking donkey,of course) and the swashbuckling, debonair Puss-In-Boots, he rescued Princess Fiona from the fire-breathing dragon.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

The streets are mostly flat. Rick Fire,Waterz' partner, was wounded several years ago by a stray bullet on the way home from school.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

Indonesia's 18,000 islands are part of the Pacific Rim of Fire, which stretches from the North and South American western coasts across the Pacific.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

They will fire darts from small air rifles to collect blubber and skin for genetic testing,and to attach satellite-tracking tags to monitor the whales.

VOA: standard.2010.01.05

From what we can tell, other than one fire engine distributing water, there's really no presence of any government or other internationalaid groups here.

VOA: standard.2010.01.14

The Germans ordered a small fleet of the Heron drones from Israel Aerospace Industries to help prevent civilian casualties and friendly-fire incidents in the rugged Afghan terrain.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

Reports from the first round of voting detailed a number of violent attacks by the Taliban, including rocket fire and the amputations of ink-stained fingers on voters' hands.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

Tensions remained high along Israel's border with Gaza, where the Israeli military says gunfire erupted after militants crossed the border from Gaza into Israel and opened fire at soldiers.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

Southeast Australia is one of the most fire-prone regions anywhere and international experts have been keen to learn from the catastrophic events in the state of Victoria earlier this year.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

President Obama will speak after returning from his fourth trip to the Gulf region since the April 20 explosion and fire, which killed 11 workers and ruptured a deep-sea oil well.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

Some fire chiefs in California say that residents should always be encouraged to evacuate, but Naomi Brown, from the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council, says installing effective early warning systems is the key.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24