burned up

When torched with embers, the fire burned up to the 5-foot perimeter and then halted.

“The Last of Us” burned up the internet with its shocking character death — a feat of secret-keeping among fans of its source material on the level of “Game of Thrones’” Red Wedding.

In the very first event, Servite’s boys 4x100 relay team burned up the track in 40 seconds flat, a new state and meet record and the fastest prep time this season.

It is likely that others, albeit much smaller, have hit us or burned up in the atmosphere but gone unnoticed.

Usually pieces of space debris are entirely burned up by Earth's atmosphere but larger piece can fall to earth.