His house caught on fire.

他的房子着火了。

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First the curtains caught on fire and then the bedclothes.

窗帘首先着了火，接着被褥也烧着了。

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Police say the car his was in hit a curb, flipped and caught on fire.

警方表示他乘坐的车撞到了马路边缘后翻车起火。

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The second was increased news reporting about a river so polluted that it caught on fire.

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His house caught on fire.

他的房子着火了。

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Cleveland's Cuyahoga River caught on fire because of industrial wastes on the surface of the river.

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If that ship caught on fire and they had not contained it, where would we be?

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But in the few cases under investigation, the batteries heated up and caught on fire.

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Some mines caught on fire while others filled up with water that overflowed into streams and rivers.

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