YOU SAID:
She died trying to save a large fire.
INTO JAPANESE
彼女は大火を救おうとして亡くなりました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
She died trying to save the conflagration.
INTO JAPANESE
彼女は大火を救おうとして死にました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
She died trying to save the conflagration.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.