The curtains caught on fire and the cabin 'went up in flames'. [=was destroyed by fire]
The engine suddenly 'burst/exploded into flames'. [=the engine suddenly began burning]
He got/was 'flamed' for expressing a controversial political opinion on the Internet.
(..) should have killed you. I saw you give birth to a demon made of shadows. Everything I believed, the great victory I saw in the flames, all of it was a lie. You were right all along. The Lord never spoke to me. Fuck him, then. Fuck all of them. (..)2016 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Home Season: 6 Episode 2