brush fire

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Recent Examples of brush fire The Baltimore County Fire Department deployed crews to extinguish a two-acre brush fire in White Hall Thursday afternoon, the area's second brush fire in as many days. Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2025 These conditions are actively fueling a large brush fire in southeast Miami-Dade in Homestead and near Florida City that has caused traffic mayhem, intermittently shutting down the only routes into the Florida Keys for days. Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025 In North Carolina, a brush fire in the mountains was threatening Tryon and Saluda, small communities in the Blue Ridge Mountains about 40 miles south of Asheville. Amy Graff, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2025 Related Articles 2 brush fires at Aurora park, open space started within minutes, officials say Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day. Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 24 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for brush fire

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“Brush fire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brush%20fire. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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