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Less than 20 minutes later, the flames had spread to the nearby wilderness and more units were called in to respond to the growing brush fire on the north side of the highway, county officials said.
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Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
Moore also said that the department’s handling of the Lachman Fire — a small New Year’s Day 2025 brush fire that ignited in the Pacific Palisades, eventually leading to the Palisades Fire — wasn't good enough, KNBC added.
—Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
In October, federal investigators announced the Palisades fire appeared to explode from a small brush fire still smoldering from a week prior.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Deaths on state Route 67 On July 18, five people were killed after three vehicles collided on state Route 67 in Poway, sparking a half-acre brush fire, sheriff’s officials said.
—Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
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Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
Moore also said that the department’s handling of the Lachman Fire — a small New Year’s Day 2025 brush fire that ignited in the Pacific Palisades, eventually leading to the Palisades Fire — wasn't good enough, KNBC added.
—Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
In October, federal investigators announced the Palisades fire appeared to explode from a small brush fire still smoldering from a week prior.
—Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Deaths on state Route 67 On July 18, five people were killed after three vehicles collided on state Route 67 in Poway, sparking a half-acre brush fire, sheriff’s officials said.
—Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
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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 11 Mar. 2026.
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