To Catch Fire
To Catch On Fire
intransitive verb, godan verb
When something attaches a burn to something that something is about to catch fire.
This is the readings of 燃える and 付く put together.
タバコから燃え付いた火がやっと消えました。
The fire that started from the cigarette has finally gone out.
そこから他のものに火が燃え付くのに時間はかからなかった。
It didn't take long for the fire to spread to other things from there.
化学の実験をしている最中に、前髪に火が燃え付いた。
While conducting a chemistry experiment, my bangs caught fire.