If this sounds impossibly vague, you must understand that the fire did not illuminate him, or them, in the way I would have expected.
The fire of it should illuminate the living, not sanctify the dead.
A small fire illuminated the simple little room.
Mutely, carefully, he spread the book where the fire could illuminate the pages.
Woodstock's fires illuminate only one aspect of this important juncture.
We passed over, the flash and fires illuminating our monster's belly.
Soon, a raging fire illuminated the square with its flickering orange glow.
At least one large fire illuminated the underbellies of dense, low clouds.
A large and cheerful fire and a number of gas-jets illuminated the company.
They darted across the prairie without fear of detection since it was much darker than in town where the fire illuminated the streets.