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.
(..) That was amazing. Oh, we are anybody's going be talking about. So brave. Are you sure you're spinning up a new flame? Fake flame? Are you sure? That's uh... ...let's go upstairs. So each of the districts (..)2012 The Hunger Games