焼しょう失しつ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

destruction by fire; being burnt down

Used for buildings, structures, or property being destroyed by fire. Often appears in news reports. Can be used both intransitively (something burns down) and transitively (fire destroys something).

• 昨さく夜やの火か事じで倉そう庫こが焼しょう失しつした。

  The warehouse was destroyed by fire in last night's blaze.

• 大たい火かによって多おおくの家か屋おくが焼しょう失しつした。

  Many houses were burnt down by the great fire.