How to Use catch fire in a Sentence

catch fire

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• The heat of your oven can melt the wax coating from the paper, leaving it prone to catching fire.
  — Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 25 June 2026
• Other items that caught fire were multiple cars, a boat, a motorcycle and a garage.
  — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 1 July 2026
• After the crash, the motorcycle caught fire and was engulfed in flames, police said.
  — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
• The roof reportedly caught fire before dawn, and patients and staff were evacuated, the report said.
  — ABC News, 2 July 2026
• At 15 percent, the air is incredibly dry, which means the grass and brush are likely to catch fire easily and burn quickly.
  — Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2026
• Kleban ended up delaying the start of his campaign, not getting in until Platner had already caught fire.
  — Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
• The Texas Rangers caught fire in Toronto and are now on top of the American League West.
  — Cal Phillips june 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026
• On June 6th, a fishing vessel in Manta burst into flames; hours later, more than thirty other boats had caught fire.
  — Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
• Chicago fire officials said a vacant home in the city's Englewood neighborhood caught fire Monday morning.
  — Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 29 June 2026
• Moments after that prisoner, Pedro Medina, received the first jolt of electricity, his head caught fire and flames leaped into the air.
  — Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
• The Volkswagen caught fire, which was extinguished by the same officers who attempted the earlier traffic stop, according to the release.
  — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 7 July 2026
• One tanker was off the coast of Oman when it was hit and caught fire, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said.
  — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
• One tanker was traveling off Oman when it was hit and caught fire, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said.
  — Garrett Haake, NBC news, 7 July 2026
• One tanker was traveling off the coast of Oman when it was hit and caught fire, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said.
  — Arkansas Online, 7 July 2026
• One of the owners of a Magnolia Avenue bar helped residents and their pets escape after two homes caught fire on 7th Avenue the night of July Fourth.
  — Mary Ella Hastings july 6, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2026
• One tanker off the coast of Oman caught fire after it was hit, while another was struck by a drone, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center.
  — Connor Greene, Time, 7 July 2026
• His breakout in Euro 2020 (played in 2021 because of the Covid pandemic) caught fire with an exceptional round-of-16 performance against Germany en route to the final.
  — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 26 June 2026
• That blaze started May 15 on Santa Rosa Island, part of Channel Islands National Park off the Santa Barbara coast, after an amateur sailor crashed his boat on the shore and the boat caught fire.
  — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 3 July 2026