Instead they appear to have thrown fuel onto the fire.

The man grunted in pain and shook his hand free of the ring, throwing it onto the fire.

As Hunapu returned to consciousness, he threw the offering onto the fire.

He threw it onto the fire, causing a shower of sparks.

By selling stuff to them, they were simply throwing more gasoline onto the fire and turning a profit to boot.

She stood up, took a birch log from the pile, and threw it onto the fire.

"I can throw another log onto the fire if that's the case."

He threw a tiny measure of coal onto the fire with a small brass shovel and turned to look at his patients.

He threw yet more herbs onto the fire; at once the room was filled with fragrant smoke.

But Kate threw the newspapers onto the fire as if that had been the only reason for visiting her husband's study.