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Recent Examples of forest fire
Tengden said the aircraft is designed for reconnaissance, precision strikes, communications relay, emergency rescue, and forest fire prevention.
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2025
The forest fire sequence is a good example.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
The inflationary forest fire that many expected to see has yet to ignite.
—George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The only safe way to get real fires was laying gas lines and creating gas burns, without releasing any particles in the air that would potentially cause a forest fire.
—Tomris Laffly, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2025
The forest fire sequence is a good example.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
The inflationary forest fire that many expected to see has yet to ignite.
—George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The only safe way to get real fires was laying gas lines and creating gas burns, without releasing any particles in the air that would potentially cause a forest fire.
—Tomris Laffly, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forest fire
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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The family panicked as a wildfire threatened their home.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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Southern California is prone to different types of disasters from strong winds, earthquakes, floods and wildfires.—
Amy Johnson,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Expect no-frills musicianship under warm stage lights, a crowd swaying to pedal steel and fiddle, and the kind of intimate connection that has made Wall’s shows feel like stories shared around a campfire.—
Travis Pinson,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Jan. 2026
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What at first appeared to some Altadenans as merely a campfire-sized flame spread quickly, consuming the base of the tower and then everything around it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The outlet noted that the videos appeared to show protesters chanting against the Iranian regime around bonfires as debris littered the streets in Tehran and other areas in the country.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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The February Biikebrennen bonfire festival is a highlight every winter.—
CNT Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Forest fire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forest%20fire. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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