Pigeon-winged books died on the ground, their pages lifting like feathers, until, at Fahrenheit 451, they burst into flame.

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In all three cases fire roared up the sides of the building as individual panels ignited and burst into flame.

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In short, they will burst into flame almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them, and create deafening sonic booms in their wake.

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She hurls herself into the rapid tangolike passages, sawing, smacking, plucking, hopping over the violin strings until they seem to burst into flame.

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