"Jumping off the great red log on the fire was a most lovely little man."  From Golden Curl by F. A. E. A., 1882.

Here's a precursor to the David Bowie lyric about "putting out fire with gasoline" ("Cat People," 1982).  From Kladderadatsch, 1923.  Speaking of cat people, see How to Be Your Own Cat.

"How loving Laili became young again."  From Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs and illustrated by John D. Batten, 1892.

From Die Muskete, 1937.

From Die Muskete, 1936.

Fire, the outlaw.  From The Saturday Evening Post, 1920.

"The fire plume."  From North American Indian Fairy Tales, Folklore and Legends, 1905.

From The Sketch, 1910.

When you can't win for losing.  "They faced death by fire at the bottom of the sea."  From Popular Science Monthly, 1920.

From The Elements of English Grammar by George Philip Krapp, 1908.

"Church spire chopped down after it defies flames."  From Popular Mechanics, 1924.

"Flung the oil-saturated and flaming door-mat out."  From Pick Me Up, 1890.

From English Illustrated, 1896. 

"He groped blindly through the billowy clouds."  From Harmsworth Magazine, 1899.

The fire demon kills!  Destroys!  From Popular Mechanics, 1923.