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Understanding Wildfires in South Carolina Any forest fire, brush fire, grass fire, or other outdoor fire that is not controlled and supervised is classified as a wildfire.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Reports of large brush fire came in on Sunday afternoon at the Silver Creek Materials site located in the far west side of town, the Fort Worth Fire Department said in a Facebook post on Monday.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
The National Weather Service on Thursday night issued a third fire alert for South Florida this week as a sprawling brush fire in south Miami-Dade County has consumed more than 24,000 acres.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Florida fires In the Florida Keys, a large brush fire that began Tuesday caused authorities to close one of the two roads leading in and out of the island chain, and intermittently shut down U.S. 1 so fire crews could move equipment.
—Jim Vertuno, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Reports of large brush fire came in on Sunday afternoon at the Silver Creek Materials site located in the far west side of town, the Fort Worth Fire Department said in a Facebook post on Monday.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
The National Weather Service on Thursday night issued a third fire alert for South Florida this week as a sprawling brush fire in south Miami-Dade County has consumed more than 24,000 acres.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Florida fires In the Florida Keys, a large brush fire that began Tuesday caused authorities to close one of the two roads leading in and out of the island chain, and intermittently shut down U.S. 1 so fire crews could move equipment.
—Jim Vertuno, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
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