Fire spread rapidly after a chemical truck exploded.

一辆装有化学品的卡车爆炸后火势迅速蔓延开来。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Very little of the house remained after the fire.

火灾之后，这座房子所剩无几。

《牛津词典》

The school was reopened just two weeks after the fire.

火灾之后仅两个星期，这所学校就重新开学了。

《牛津词典》

After thirty-six hours, Brown was captured in the building that served as the fire engine and guard house.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

The situation in the West African country remains volatile, after presidential guards opened fire on tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters on September 28.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

The group says it may review an indefinite cease-fire it declared after 30 days.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that attacks by "terrorists" have continued after the cease-fire.

WSJ: U.N. Agrees to Send Observers to Syria

But Palestinians fired at least 19 rockets into Israel on Sunday -- including at least two after the Palestinian cease-fire declaration, according to Israeli police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld.

CNN: Israel says it plans swift Gaza withdrawal

Violence between U.S. forces and militia members in Sadr City flared hours after the cease-fire was supposed to go into effect.

CNN: Iraqi government, al-Sadr group sign cease-fire