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burst into flame(s)

To ignite suddenly and violently. The rug burst into flames as soon as the candle landed on it. The phone began to overheat, and its battery burst into flames. Thank goodness first responders were already on the scene when the car burst into flames!
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burst into flame(s)

[for something] to catch fire and become a large fire quickly. As soon as the flame reached the curtains, the entire wall seemed to burst into flames. The two cars burst into flames soon after the collision.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The phone burst into flames and was almost burnt, injuring Jashid, who sought treatment at a private hospital.
So they started the auxiliary generator and it burst into flames."
THE DRIVER of a car which burst into flames outside his house says he is grateful his four-year-old son and wife were not in the car.
ISLAMABAD, Rajab 15, 1436, May 04, 2015, SPA -- A Pakistani police officer says the death toll from an accident in which a minibus struck a power line and burst into flames has climbed to 13 after five people died at hospitals overnight, AP reported.
TEHRAN (FNA)- A small plane crashed and burst into flames just after takeoff from a regional airport outside the US city of Cleveland, Ohio, killing all four people on board.
A LUCKY van driver managed to pull over and escape unhurt just moments before it burst into flames.
Summary: Alaska: Ten people were killed on Sunday when a floatplane crashed and burst into flames ...
A second elementary school girl has died from burns she suffered last month when a kerosene stove in her classroom burst into flames.
An HGV, carrying a cargo of industrial acid, burst into flames near Corley Services after one of its tyres blew out.
Six people died yesterday when a bus carrying German tourists hit a truck and burst into flames on an expressway in northern China.
A FAMILY-of-five were lucky not to be seriously injured after their car burst into flames while they sat inside.
A TRAINEE pilot threw himself out of his out-of-control microlight moments before it crashed and burst into flames, a new report says.
A WARRINGTON man died after his car hit a motorway barrier and burst into flames.
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