There was a fire burning in the fireplace.

壁炉里有火正燃着。

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There was a fire in the grate.

壁炉里烧着火。

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There was a fire in the building, but thankfully no one was hurt.

大楼失火了，但幸好没有伤着人。

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"It was scary," "It was a loud firecracker that went off,and there was a fire in the plane."

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When they invented fire insurance, in the 1600s, there was a lot of skepticism because anyone can burn down their house.

十七世纪时，人们发明了火险，当时存在很多质疑,因为任何人都可以烧毁他们的房子。

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Not at the same time, but the reason we have any written evidence at all is that there was some kind of conflagration that produced a fire that baked clay into pottery.

虽然不是在同一时间,不过我们能发现这些可读记录,全靠这些意外的火灾,将那些粘土烧制成了陶器

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There was a fire in the hearth, not to heat the room but for grilling meat.

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We didn't know what was going on for about a half-hour, when they made an announcement that there was a fire.

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He added he did not know there was a fire until flames and black smoke "shot" out through the living room doorway.

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