brush fire

noun

Definition of brush firenext
as in forest fire

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Recent Examples of brush fire The fire follows a brush fire that broke out at Camp Pendleton just days earlier, called the November Fire. — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 16 June 2026 Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a suspect in connection with a brush fire that burned off Highway 74 on Monday afternoon. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 1 July 2026 More than 20,000 acres were burned after a brush fire broke out between Southwest 120th Avenue and 137th Ave due to lightning during a thunderstorm. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026 On June 9, witnesses reported seeing a man start a small brush fire in a field behind the Wal-Mart on Camino Arroyo, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. — Jason Green, Mercury News, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for brush fire
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forest fire
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  • Similarly, a major firefighting operation was underway in southwest Germany near the village of Traisen, where the heat sparked a forest fire in an area that also contained unexploded ordnance.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 June 2026
  • This Anglican example near Beaufort, South Carolina, was built in the 1740s, but was largely destroyed by a forest fire in 1886.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 June 2026
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