壁炉中的火正熊熊地燃烧。
There was a fire blazing on the hearth .
我们便进了大厅,那儿炉火正熊熊燃烧着。
and we went into the hall , where a fire was burning .
说白了,将领们正忙着四处灭火,这火正是他们自己多年前亲手放的。
The generals , to put it bluntly , are busy elsewhere putting out fires they started years ago .