Roof Fire at Crematorium in Bron, Near Lyon
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A fire started on the roof of a building in Bron, France.
The building is a crematorium. Bron is near the city of Lyon.
The fire made a big plume of smoke. People could see the smoke from far away.
Firefighters came to stop the fire.
This is one of several fires in the Lyon area. A big fire also burned about fifteen hectares of land in the west of Lyon.
Many emergency services helped fight that fire.
In another town called Écully, a house burned after a storm.
The house was badly damaged by the flames.
Vocabulary7 words
- fire
- when something burns strongly and is dangerous
- crematorium
- a building where dead bodies are burned
- plume
- a tall cloud of smoke going up
- firefighters
- people whose job is to stop fires
- hectares
- a way to measure how big an area of land is
- emergency services
- police, firefighters, and medical teams who help in emergencies
- storm
- very bad weather with strong wind and rain
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1. A crematorium in Bron 2. A big plume of smoke 3. True
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A _____ started on the roof of a building in Bron, France.
The building is a _____. Bron is near the city of Lyon.
The fire made a big _____ of smoke. People could see the smoke from far away.
_____ came to stop the fire.
This is one of several fires in the Lyon area. A big fire also burned about fifteen _____ of land in the west of Lyon.
Many _____ helped fight that fire.
In another town called Écully, a house burned after a _____.
The house was badly damaged by the flames.
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