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.
(..) nor can be lost. The body sluggish, aged, cold, the embers left from earlier fires. shall duly flame again. Did you write that? No, that was Walt Whitman. I think I knew him. I think you did. Shall we go in? (..)2004 The Notebook
(..) I'd like to show you. Please. - Okay. - Okay. She had come back into his life like a sudden flame, blazing and streaming into his heart. Noah stayed up all night contemplating the certain agony (..)2004 The Notebook