A spark from the fire had set light to a rug.

从火炉迸出的火星点燃了地毯。

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They gathered a bundle of wood, piled it up at the foot of the pine, and set fire to it.

他们捡了一捆干柴，把它们堆在松树下，然后点了火。

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On September 14, Kosovar Serbs occupied one of the crossing points and set fire to a border installation.

9月14日，科索沃塞族人控制了一个通道，并对一边境设施开火。

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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

Finally a canal company official showed up and set fire to sheaves of green corn to literally smoke the boatsmen out of the tunnel.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

The trial had previously heard that Mrs Ege had initially told police she had regularly beaten Yaseen because he was not learning the Koran well enough and that on the day he died she had set a fire to destroy any evidence.

BBC: Yaseen Ali Ege

In another incident, a mob set fire to a British military vehicle, raising questions in Britain about whether its troops should stay.

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Police say residents burnt down a library and set fire to municipal vehicles including a fire engine.

BBC: Police fire at S Africa rioters