YOU SAID:
The Captain of the ship is dead and on fire.
INTO JAPANESE
船の船長が死んで火事になった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The captain of the ship died and the fire broke out.
INTO JAPANESE
船長が亡くなり、火災が発生した。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The captain died and a fire broke out.
INTO JAPANESE
機長は死亡し、火災が発生した。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The captain died and a fire broke out.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.