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The blaze started as a 2-acre brush fire on Tuesday near the 600 block of Exxon Road, according to the city.
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Ricardo Delgado, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Feb. 2026
Tinley Park firefighters responded to a brush fire about noon Wednesday on the 6100 block of Oak Forest Avenue, in the Cook County Forest Preserve, said Kristopher Dunn, deputy fire chief administrator.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
Another brush fire broke out Sunday in Osceola County, sending a plume of smoke into the sky that could be seen from Orange County.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2026
Information on the size of the brush fire and what sparked the original house fire was not immediately available Sunday.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
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Ricardo Delgado, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Feb. 2026
Tinley Park firefighters responded to a brush fire about noon Wednesday on the 6100 block of Oak Forest Avenue, in the Cook County Forest Preserve, said Kristopher Dunn, deputy fire chief administrator.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
Another brush fire broke out Sunday in Osceola County, sending a plume of smoke into the sky that could be seen from Orange County.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2026
Information on the size of the brush fire and what sparked the original house fire was not immediately available Sunday.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brush fire
forest fire
Noun
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Tengden said the aircraft is designed for reconnaissance, precision strikes, communications relay, emergency rescue, and forest fire prevention.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Dec. 2025
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The forest fire sequence is a good example.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Brush fire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brush%20fire. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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