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Two Idaho firefighters were fatally shot and at least one other was wounded Sunday when a sniper ambushed responders to a brush fire near a popular hiking spot.
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 30 June 2025
Officials are particularly anxious about the risk because a July 1 explosion at a fireworks facility in rural Esparto, Calif., killed seven people and caused a brush fire in the northern California town.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 29 July 2025
The crash ignited a small brush fire that firefighters quickly extinguished.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2025
Local residents likely had flashbacks to the much larger Sunset Fire in January, as firefighters yesterday knocked down a brush fire burning in Runyon Canyon.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 14 July 2025
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 30 June 2025
Officials are particularly anxious about the risk because a July 1 explosion at a fireworks facility in rural Esparto, Calif., killed seven people and caused a brush fire in the northern California town.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 29 July 2025
The crash ignited a small brush fire that firefighters quickly extinguished.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2025
Local residents likely had flashbacks to the much larger Sunset Fire in January, as firefighters yesterday knocked down a brush fire burning in Runyon Canyon.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 14 July 2025
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“Brush fire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brush%20fire. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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