A conflagration in 1947 reduced 90 percent of the houses to ashes.

1947年的一场大火,使90%的房屋化为烬。

The house was burnt down to ashes.

房子被烧烬。

The building was burned to the ground.

那栋建筑物被烧为烬。

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association points out that using ashing sumach ash in cement is not a new idea.

国际预拌混凝土协会指，在水泥中使用烬并不是新的方法。