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Conflagrate (Verb)

Cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds".

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering.

The massive blaze seemed to conflagrate the entire city block in a matter of minutes.
A single spark was enough to conflagrate the dry underbrush and spread the wildfire rapidly.
The intense heat from the nearby fire conflagrated the flammable liquid in the storage tank.
Strong winds helped conflagrate the already burning building, making it almost impossible to extinguish.
A careless discarded cigarette conflagrated the dry leaves on the ground and quickly spread to nearby trees.

Start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously".

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering.

The old warehouse, filled with flammable materials, began to conflagrate rapidly once the fire started.
A discarded cigarette caused the dry underbrush to conflagrate, spreading quickly through the parched landscape.
The overheated engine was in danger of causing the entire vehicle to conflagrate at any moment.
It was feared that the massive pile of trash would conflagrate, sending flames and smoke high into the air.
In the chaos, forgotten candles ignited the curtains, causing the nearby drapes to conflagrate in a shower of sparks.