"He got no stairs." " I can see a little light burning in the window."
VOA: special.2009.07.19
People who aren't connected to the electric grid often get their light from candles or burning wood.
VOA: standard.2009.12.13
At the time, Jewish people were being driven out of Eastern Europe, often escaping to the sounds of gunfire and the light from their villages burning to the ground.
Imagine the heat in the summer, the bitter cold in the winter, and Mandela going out to quarry stone, the burning white light reflecting off the limestone permanently and deeply injuring his sight.