Thesaurus results for BRUSH FIRE

brush fire

noun

as in forest fire

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Recent Examples of brush fire The two-day brush fire in remote western Broward County is still going strong as fire crews continue to battle it Wednesday evening. —

Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026 On Tuesday, crews extinguished a large brush fire at Burr Pond State Park in Torrington, according to DEEP. —

Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026 The crash sparked a small brush fire in the center median of I-25 that was quickly extinguished, investigators said. —

Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026 Forward progress was quickly stopped on a brush fire that forced evacuation orders and threatened homes in the rural North County community of Rainbow early Wednesday afternoon. —

Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for brush fire

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forest fire

Noun

Doñana has not had a forest fire in nearly a decade.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
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