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forest fire

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Definition of forest fire

as in brush fire

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Recent Examples of forest fire Similarly, a major firefighting operation was underway in southwest Germany near the village of Traisen, where the heat sparked a forest fire in an area that also contained unexploded ordnance. — ABC News, 28 June 2026 This Anglican example near Beaufort, South Carolina, was built in the 1740s, but was largely destroyed by a forest fire in 1886. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 June 2026 Schlotterbeck said forest fire ignition sources often are the hot catalytic converter on a car or SUV running off a road, or a cigarette tossed out of a car window. — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 9 June 2026 Modern chips are becoming so powerful that air cooling is like trying to put out a forest fire with a desk fan. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026 Doñana has not had a forest fire in nearly a decade. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026 The forest fire sequence is a good example. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025 The inflationary forest fire that many expected to see has yet to ignite. — George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025 The only safe way to get real fires was laying gas lines and creating gas burns, without releasing any particles in the air that would potentially cause a forest fire. — Tomris Laffly, Time, 6 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Crews with the Los Angeles County Fire Department are battling an approximately 22-acre brush fire in Azusa, named the Peak Fire.

— Julie Sharp, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
In Sacramento, a brush fire late Monday on the American River Parkway produced more smoke.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of brush fire

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This drastic change of faith comes after Crystal and his wife Janice Crystal (née Goldfinger) lost their 1930s ranch house in the Palisades wildfire in January 2025.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
The effect of wildfires on foliage are also little understood, says William Keeton, a forest ecologist at the University of Vermont.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of wildfire

Noun

The crew decamped to Joshua Tree, jamming around a campfire and recording in a makeshift studio in their Airbnb.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Look for notes of black pepper, vanilla, citrus, and maple over an assertive, smoky base made up of flavors like iodine, seaweed, campfire, and licorice, and just a touch of heat on the finish at 46 percent ABV.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of campfire

Noun

The arc of this feud is now well known to all and will no doubt be shaped into the epic poetry our descendants recite in front of bonfires long after our civilization collapses.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
That night, bonfires were set for a party that lasted into the morning.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026

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