Thesaurus results for BRUSHFIRE

brush fire

noun

as in forest fire

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Recent Examples of brush fire According to CalFire, on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, a brush fire northwest of Los Angeles erupted, prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people and spreading 5,000 acres by the end of the day. —

Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026 Ground and air crews stopped the forward progress of a brush fire that charred 560 acres on the southern edges of Camp Pendleton on Wednesday near Oceanside neighborhoods, base officials said. —

Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026 Payette County deputies and multiple Payette County Fire Departments responded late Thursday afternoon to active brush fires, according to the Payette County Sheriff’s Office. —

Idaho Statesman, 29 May 2026 Forward progress has been halted after firefighters responded to a brush fire Tuesday near Lincoln. —

Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for brush fire

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forest fire

Noun

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