The flames melted their siding, pool and fence, and left ash and debris in the yard and the strong smell of smoke.

Roger Brewster went to work, the bluish-white flame progressively melting the steel of the boot in a perfect rectangle.

Replies: Ryan, If the flame melted the thermocouples slowly, if their maximum temperature is NEAR the flame temperature, you can use approximation.

She came back to the ledge after the fires had expired, but found no safe footing, for the flames had melted away the snow and weakened the integrity of that section of ledge.

The flames abruptly melted and seeped into the ground harmlessly.

The bottom conforms to the smooth surface of the molten metal while flames melt the top so that it smooths itself like any liquid.

The flames charred its century-old pipe organ, melted stained-glass windows with etchings of the Gospel and the Ascension, and destroyed records of parishioners' births and deaths.

The city's mosque had burned, gasoline-fueled flames melting the vinyl siding, charring the prayer hall, and scorching the rooftop crescent.

But fire officials said the concrete hallways acted like an oven, and the flames melted the oxygen masks off the firefighters' faces.

The Wanderer was bending over a small brazier, whence a flame and a light blue smoke arose and melted into the morning light.