How to Use put the fire out in a Sentence
put the fire out
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Crews worked to put the fire out and were able to enter the home.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
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If the worst happens, the blanket man is there to put the fire out.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
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Quick work put the fire out, containing the blaze to the kitchen area.
—Jeanne Houck, Cincinnati.com, 22 June 2020
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The cabin crew is specially trained and equipped to put the fire out.
—Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
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Excellent progress is being made to put the fire out quickly.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Excellent progress is being made to put the fire out quickly.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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Excellent progress is being made to put the fire out quickly.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2025
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Excellent progress is being made to put the fire out quickly.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Excellent progress is being made to put the fire out quickly.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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The fire department was already on the scene attempting to put the fire out.
—Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2022
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Crews put the fire out within 15 minutes of their response, Nolan said.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 28 Nov. 2025
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Firefighters used three hose lines to put the fire out and searched the home to make sure everyone had made it out safely.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024
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Thirty-three firefighters put the fire out in about 25 minutes.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
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As the woman tried to put the fire out with her bare hands, the flames spread to the man’s car, which also caught fire, officials said.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
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The others manage to escape their bonds and put the fire out, but 1st Floor is clearly in bad shape.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 20 May 2024
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Firefighters put the fire out in less than an hour, department officials said.
—Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 23 Oct. 2020
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Firefighters put the fire out and transported one adult to a hospital.
—Sierra Van Der Brug, Oc Register, 5 Dec. 2025
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The employees put the fire out with a fire extinguisher, Pechin said.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
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When firefighters arrived, some were assigned to put the fire out, while the rest engaged in the child's rescue.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Nov. 2024
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Fire crews started to put the fire out from the outside and then went inside of the home to get it under control, the release says.
—Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 26 Mar. 2022
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Fire officials quickly put the fire out, but later discovered the body outside of the home.
—Tandra Smith | [email protected], al, 18 June 2021
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According to police, firefighters who arrived at the scene were able to put the fire out but the driver died on the spot.
—Stephen McGrath, ajc, 6 Apr. 2022
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Luckily, his friend Dave Killackey, who was working on the car with him, helped put the fire out.
—Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2022
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The witness video shows law enforcement officers and bystanders quickly put the fire out with water and cloth.
—NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
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Firefighters were able to quickly connect to a water supply and put the fire out, Douglas said.
—Jane Florance, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2022
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But authorities were too busy, so Heying and her group grabbed hoses and fire extinguishers to put the fire out.
—Kelly Smith, Star Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020
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The employee tried to put the fire out with an extinguisher but was unsuccessful.
—oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2021
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Almost 40 firefighters put the fire out in 20 minutes, the fire rescue said.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025
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The use of portable fire extinguishers was attempted to put the fire out but was not successful.
—Bob Blubaugh, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 3 Aug. 2020
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The Navy was not able to put the fire out until the ship was so badly damaged that the service had to scrap it, a more than $1 billion loss.
—Megan Rose, ProPublica, 12 Sep. 2022
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