1.   A cheery fire burned in the fireplace.

2.   A fire was burning in the ancient fireplace.

3.   A huge fire was burning, and beside it sat Aunt Emily, dressed in heliotrope and a number of shawls.

4.   At one end of the room a coal fire burned brightly.

5.   In the sitting room next door a log fire burned.

6.   Several fires were burning, the green wood being used sending clouds of acrid smoke swirling among the tents and make-shift huts.

7.   The artificial log fire was burning brightly.

8.   The fire burns out of control in the copious oxygen.

9.   The fire was burning more strongly every minute.