Close at hand, down the street, another fire was getting under way.
Once the fire got going, nothing would hold that at bay.
"In our past experience, smoke is usually the problem before the fire gets there."
He did stop, but by then, the fire had gotten out of control.
The men said that a fire's smoke was what put folks down, and then the fire got at them.
The fire gets out of control, and David tries to stop it.
Even a silly little fire can get a guy killed.
"But she didn't have a face by the time the fire got through with her."
They heard someone screaming for help to be moved before the fire got to her.
One of these days, maybe, a fire would get loose.