YOU SAID:
hyrum the house is on fire
INTO JAPANESE
hyrum、家が燃えています。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The house is burning.
INTO JAPANESE
家が燃えている。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The house is on fire.
INTO JAPANESE
家が燃えている。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The house is on fire.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.