Emergency procedures instructed personnel to make their way to lifeboat stations, but the fire prevented them from doing so.

Their fire prevented the Sibornalese guns from pulling forward.

Five dead Germans were found between the posts but machine-gun fire prevented no man's land being searched.

At the same time prevent another fire from happening.

Our uninterrupted rapid fire prevented a hostile breakthrough at all points.

The fire caused $1.8 million in damage and unintentionally prevented the planned escape.

This fire prevented his reaching the station, but he climbed to 1,500 feet and attacked a "Rocket"

Heavy fire from the British fleet prevented evacuation of the ship's crew.

A firefighter fights these fires to prevent destruction of life, property and the environment.

The covering fire prevented the Germans from taking either.