Prompt action was required as the fire spread.

由于火势蔓延，须要立即采取行动。

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Fanned by a westerly wind, the fire spread rapidly through the city.

火借助西风迅速蔓延全城。

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The high temperatures and dry conditions make the fire spread quickly.

高温和干燥的条件使火势迅速蔓延。

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The jury was told the fire spread up the stairs, helped by an open window at the top of the landing.

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Moscow region governor Andrei Vorobyev told Russian state-television that the fire alarm seems to have worked but the fire spread too quickly.

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The fire spread quickly through the two-storey building, damaging the roof, ground and first floors of the house, along with cars parked on the driveway.

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