"burst into flames" meaning in English

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    },
    {
      "form": "bursting into flames",
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    },
    {
      "form": "burst into flames",
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      "form": "burst into flames",
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Fire",
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        {
          "ref": "1983, Talking Heads (lyrics and music), “Burning Down the House”, in Speaking in Tongues:",
          "text": "People on their way to work / And baby, what do you expect? / Gonna burst into flames",
          "type": "quote"
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        "Alternative form of burst into flame"
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  "word": "burst into flames"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bursts into flames",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bursting into flames",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "burst into flames",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "burst into flames",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "burst<,,burst> into flames"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "text": "People on their way to work / And baby, what do you expect? / Gonna burst into flames",
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  "word": "burst into flames"
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