Fires were burning out of control in the centre of the city.

火在市中心燃烧着,失去了控制。

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Forest fires were raging out of control.

森林大火迅速蔓延，失去了控制。

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Fires in California continue to burn out of control, and several small towns in the forests near San Francisco are still in danger.

加州大火火势继续失控，旧金山附近的森林中的几个小镇仍处于危险之中。

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The fires got out of control. Many buildings burned to the ground.

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There are three fires still out of control outside of Coimbra and then another eight fires or so in the central area.

NPR: In Portugal Another Season of Forest Fires

The city has few out-of-control fires, according to David Lasker, a freelance photographer who makes a living shooting pictures of Chicago blazes.

CNN: Disaster is topic of new Web site

But for the last three years, fire crews have been left struggling to cope with fires that have spun rapidly out of control.

BBC: 'If you drop a match, it just goes'