The darkened town seemed lifeless under the overcast night sky, especially in contrast to the fires scattered about the field.

There were several smoldering fires scattered throughout the area, he said.

It looked like maybe fifty or sixty fires scattered over the city, except that the tall, smoky columns were flowing in reverse.

All that remained were small fires scattered about, puffing forth nauseating smoke.

Sometimes a plane or train crash will start a few fires scattered over a small area.

The whole room was uncomfortably hot owing to the presence of a dozen perpetual fires scattered about the floor.

The hippos trampled the fire, scattered it and extinguished it.

They yelled in the most ghastly manner, jumped upon his fire, scattered it all, and tried to put it out.

There were small fires scattered around the dimming glow of the site of the big explosion; the rifle fire seemed to have stopped.

Those gathered about the fire scattered, the men rushing for their weapons, the women and children fleeing in confusion.