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on fire/in fire

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ademoglu

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Hi,

Which one is OK to use 'in fire' or 'on fire'? For example,

'The car was burning in/on fire.'

Both sound OK to me but cannot make sure of it.

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Rover_KE

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Say either 'The car was burning' or 'The car was on fire'.

It's always incorrect to say 'in fire', though you can say 'We lost everything in the fire'.
 
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