YOU SAID:
My Dog died in a volcano
INTO JAPANESE
私の犬が火山で死亡しました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My dog died in the volcano.
INTO JAPANESE
私の犬は、火山で死亡しました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My dog was killed in the volcano.
INTO JAPANESE
私の犬は、火山で殺されました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My dog was killed in the volcano.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.