Examples
jīn tiān今天de的bào zhǐ报纸shuō说chéng lǐ城里fā shēng发生le了huǒ zāi火灾。
今天的报纸说城里发生了火灾。
According to today's paper, there was a fire in the city.
你听说了昨天的火灾吗?
Did you hear about the fire yesterday?
当他说话的时候，发生了火灾。
Just as he was speaking, a fire broke out.