The fire spread around the building and killed many members.

The fire had started in the kitchen area and spread more quickly.

In an old building like this, a fire would spread quickly.

I don't think the fire will spread this way for a while.

According to the report, the fire began Tuesday in a house and quickly spread.

A fire broke out and spread to the rest of the city.

They stayed at the church to make certain the fire didn't spread.

Evidence suggests the fire started on the ground floor and quickly spread.

They could not say why the fire had spread so rapidly.

"Watch particularly that the fire does not spread beyond the village."

He watched the five ships slowly realigning, moving into a cross pattern; saw the lightning-play of their cold fire spreading, coalescing, into one immense star, the sign of the Hegemony.

All those fires . . . too many to be one accidental fire spreading.

A luminaria may be constructed in a small brazier, so that the heat does not damage pavement or stonework, and to reduce the risk of the fire spreading or escaping.

Since 1968, according to Sid Dinsay, a spokesman for the Buildings Department, the city's building code has prohibited wood framing in attached homes, a precaution against fire spreading.

Muir-burning time; mid-February when the heather is brittle after a dry spell, the old growth igniting easily and the fire spreading, leaving in its wake a charred and ugly landscape.

Jean's nurse, Julia, arrived to find the lace a gust of flame and the fire spreading.

The fire spreading: cooking up bodies, fir pines; the front door his only way out.

Not more than five or six feet separated them-close enough to pose the danger of fire spreading.

However, archaeological excavations have shown that storerooms which contained their provisions were also burnt, though whether this was by Romans, by Jews, or natural fire spreading is unclear.

Tie Elfstones flared sharply, the blue fire spreading.