"prender fuego" in English

to set fire to

to catch fire

These deals are causing environmental devastation to less developed countries which, in biological terms, is like setting fire to the Serengeti.

However, the one thing I have spoken on more times in this House since 1999 than any other subject are the appalling European Union fisheries deals with black Africa.

We are actually killing hundreds and hundreds of local fishermen every year and what we are doing to the seas off Africa is the environmental equivalent to setting fire to the Serengeti.