What is an example of burning (with quotes) in Fahrenheit 451?

In Fahrenheit 451, "burning" takes on literal and figurative meaning. Here is an example from Part 3 of the novel:

He burnt the bedroom walls and the cosmetics chest because he wanted to change everything. . . everything that showed that he had lived here in this empty house with a strange woman who would forget him tomorrow.

Here, Montag gladly sets fire to his own home because he is fed up with the government's control over the lives of people. Montag decides not to run and to do the "clean-up" of his own home. He wants to destroy the house because it represents the "empty" life he has lived there with Mildred, who is more content to listen to the radio and watch television shows than she is to have a relationship with Montag. For Montag, the burning is a release and a chance to start over. Beatty arrests Montag after this event, so the burning is a signal to all that Montag has been caught in possession of books, but for Montag, the burning is a step towards his intellectual freedom.