When the DJ announced a contest, the phones 'lit up'. [=the lights on the phones lit up because many people were calling]
His eyes/face 'lit up' [=he looked very happy and pleased] when she walked in the room.
He 'lit into' his employees for their sloppy work. [=he criticized them very harshly]
(..) closed and you're not to enter. And the microphone? Peter? The boy stood on the burning deck whence all but he had fled The flame that lit the battle's wreck shone brightly o'er the dead 'Beautiful and proud he stood as born to rule the storm 'A creature of blood, a proud though child-like form' (..)2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy