YOU SAID:
The chicken was firee
INTO JAPANESE
鶏は火がついた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
The chicken is on fire
INTO JAPANESE
鶏肉が燃えている
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Chicken is burning
INTO JAPANESE
鶏肉が燃えている
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Chicken is burning
That didn't even make that much sense in English.