Meanings of regarded the fire in English

He bit down loudly and chewed while he regarded the fire.

The fire brigade told me that they regarded the fire as suspicious, so I had to report it.

She quite forgot what she had been going to say, and for a moment or so regarded the fire quite gravely.

I, too, regarded the fire, and the herded mountains robed in night, and the half-moon like a sail rising from an invisible boat.

Mrs. Fenton thoughtfully regarded the fire a moment; then seemed to be recalled to the present by the active boiling of the little silver teakettle.