quemarse

v. blow; catch; shrivel up; burn, scorch

(v.) = go up + in flames
Ex: The title of the article is 'National library in Sarajevo destroyed; collections, archives go up in flames'.

= burn, set + Nombre + on fire, torch, ignite, set + ablaze, incinerate, scorch, sear.
Ex: In Italy, Mussoline was burning books and suppressing libraries with appalling regularity.
Ex: The second example relates to a bibliographical puzzle concerning the bowdlerized British version of William Styron's novel 'Set this house on fire'.
Ex: Alenxandria's library was torched and completely destroyed by the brutal Roman emperor Aurelian in A.D. 270.
Ex: Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.
Ex: The day ended in a riot during which the town hall was set ablaze.
Ex: This is a project to incinerate an estimated 700, 000 tonnes of toxic sludge created as a byproduct of a century of steelmaking.
Ex: If badly affected, spots run together, and leaves appear scorched.
Ex: Searing meat is the process for caramelising the sugars present in meat and forming an aesthetic crust around its surface.
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* fusible + quemarse = blow + a fuse.
* quemar completamente = burn out.
* quemarse = go up + in flames.
* quemarse completamente = go up + in smoke.
* sin quemar = unburned.