► 名詞
火事 [(1)かじ] meaning: fire rank: 2
☆ 近所で火事があった ⇨ There was a fire in the neighborhood (☛ Destructive fire)
More examples:
- 火事は火の気の無い所で起こった ⇨ The fire started where there was no fire or spark
 - 火事は一時間後に鎮火した ⇨ The fire extinguished after one hour
 - 火事は倉庫から出火した ⇨ The fire started in the warehouse
 - この地方は夏に雨が余り降らないので山火事が起こりやすい ⇨ Wildfires are common in this area because it doesn’t rain much in the summer
 - 消防署に火事の通報が有った ⇨ There was an alert of fire to the fire station
 - 建物は火事で全焼した ⇨ The building was burned down in the fire
 - 人為的な原因で起こった山火事 ⇨ A wildfire caused by human activities
 - 山火事のせいで空が煙っている ⇨ The sky is smoky because of the wildfire
 - タバコの火の不始末で火事が起こった ⇨ The fire was caused by cigarettes not properly extinguished
 - 火事で全ては焼けてしまった ⇨ Everything burned (and got destroyed) in the fire
 - 彼等は消防隊員を総動員して山火事の消火に当たった ⇨ They mobilized all the firefighters to fight the wild fire
 - 火事を消火するのに数時間掛かった ⇨ It took several hours to extinguish the fire
 - 山火事が激しく燃え盛っている ⇨ The wildfire is burning out of control
 - 私達は山火事から何とか逃げ延びた ⇨ We somehow managed to escape from the wild fire
 - 火事が起こった時警報が作動しなかった ⇨ The alarm didn’t work when the fire started