Question

The building went up in smoke.   Once the fire got out of the basement, the building went up in minutes.‎

Accepted Answer

(intransitivehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive) To be consumedhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/consumed by firehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fire.

Sentence	The building went up in smoke. Once the fire got out of the basement, the building went up in minutes.‎
Definition	( intransitive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive ) To be consumed https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/consumed by fire https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fire .

Building Smoke. Fire Basement Minutes.‎