But the wood was burning fast, and the snow still fell.
"This is going to be a hot fire that burns fast," said another Administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
"There's still a lot of fire and it's still burning fast."
But in a candle, the string does not burn fast, because the fire melts the wax instead.
The wood was burning fast, and the snow was not yet lessening.
Exposing a lit match to increasing pressures of oxygen will make it burn faster.
Any shock, friction, or heat makes primary explosives to burn or blast fast.
It burned fast, joining the ash pile from the fires that the custodians liked to have every other night.
He didn't know anything about oxidization, but he knew that the saltpeter made the rest of it burn fast.
Panicking, Sam tries to blow out the fuse, but his actions only make it burn faster.