Is it possible for the lights to be an object of a verb 'illuminate'?

[superhong]

[source] illuminates

If passengers should have to evacuate, lights leading to the emergency doors will be illuminated.

According to dictionaris, 'illuminate' means ' to make a place bright with light, or to shine a light on something.'
I think that an object of 'illuminate' should be the recepients, or subjects. That is, light out of the 'lights' illuminates something.
In a passive voice structure, how come lights are placed in the subject position?

 

[Rover_KE]

Welcome to the forum, superhong.

You posted the same thread here.

Please don't post the same question to different forums simultaneously. Post on one forum only, wait for responses and then, only if you are disappointed with/confused by the responses (or there aren't any), post on another forum and include a link to the first forum thread.

(emsr2d2)

 

[Tarheel]

It's silly to say the lights will be illuminated when you mean they will be turned on.

Added: the context pretty much explains it.

@superhong Did the people at WR not explain it adequately?