The diplomat's speech was intended to pacify tensions, but his ambitious remarks only added fuel in the fire.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The common English idiom is "add fuel to the fire" (meaning to make a bad situation even worse).
The original sentence uses "fuel in the fire," which is prepositionally incorrect.
Option B correctly uses the preposition "to."
Therefore, underlined words in the original sentence should be replaced with the words given in option ‘B’.