Here's a precursor to Morrissey's song "Hairdresser on Fire."  From Lustige Blätter, 1904.

From Popular Mechanics, 1925.

"Do you see a coffin in the fire?"  From The Emerald Wreath by Caviare, 1964.

"And the four bare walls were all that remained."  From Everybody's Magazine, 1901.

In case of fire, be a circus acrobat.  From Fliegende Blätter, 1934.

"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.

We donned our Third Eye sunglasses to scout for fireballs in the night sky.  The broken and bent trees in the background are courtesy of Hurricane Irma.