Thesaurus results for BRUSHFIRE

brush fire

noun

as in forest fire

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Recent Examples of brush fire 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 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 Minutes later, the department received a call about the brush fire that Rinderknecht is accused of sparking. —

ABC News, 22 June 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for brush fire

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forest fire

Noun

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