How to Use brush fire in a Sentence

brush fire

noun
  • In 2005, a small brush fire was traced back to a hot vent from the fire.
    Matthew Brown and Colleen Slevin, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Be aware of a road closure due to a brush fire burning in the riverbed in @CityofSantee.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2020
  • The Cedar Basin Fire is a brush fire burning about 14 miles east of Wikieup.
    Alta Spells and Laura James, CNN, 11 July 2021
  • There was also a brush fire on the island of Kea, near Athens.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 19 July 2024
  • In this case, the device sparked a fast-moving brush fire.
    Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2021
  • The Watch Fire started on July 10 as a small brush fire.
    Annie Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2024
  • Last year, a brush fire forced a group to evacuate from Elysian Park.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The brush fire was in a sloping field along Lahainaluna Road.
    Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Fire crews in the air and on the ground attacked a brush fire in Santee on Wednesday afternoon.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Here's the paragraph: Maui isn’t the only island on Hawaii dealing with brush fires.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Cleveland does have brush fires – a fire that involves a low-growing plant.
    Olivia Mitchell, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023
  • By most accounts, the response to the brush fire that scorched hundreds of acres near the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday was a job well done.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2019
  • There was also a small brush fire near the wreckage, the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
    Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The winds are leading to a high brush fire potential across the region, largely in part due to the direction of the wind.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 Nov. 2022
  • That day, a brush fire was burning near the high school and had caused the school to lose power in the afternoon, but the power came on before the 6 p.m. game.
    Lori Riley, courant.com, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The Danvers fire comes less than a week after another brush fire in Townsend.
    Camilo Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2022
  • Three agencies are fighting a brush fire outside of Wilsonville that threatens a home and a field of horses.
    The Oregonian, oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Fire crews would have had to balance the risk that the powerful winds might reignite the morning brush fire against the need to use resources elsewhere.
    Mike Baker, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • On Tuesday evening, a brush fire broke out near Corona Airport.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Howling winds, then a brush fire Lisa Vorpahl, a bank teller, woke to the sound of someone shuffling on her lanai.
    Joshua Partlow, John Farrell, Brady Dennis, Brianna Sacks and Joanna Slater, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2023
  • In August 2018, brush fires broke out as Hurricane Lane neared Maui.
    Isabelle Chapman, CNN, 11 Aug. 2023
  • And fire officials worked overnight Friday to put out remaining hot spots from the brush fire.
    Sophie Reardon, CBS News, 11 June 2022
  • An aide also added that the downing had ignited a small brush fire that was contained.
    Victoria Kim, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Two days earlier, a brush fire scorched an empty field northwest of town.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2022
  • One rocket fell on the western outskirts of the city, lightly damaging a home and causing a brush fire.
    BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2021
  • The two men had worked with a grinder when sparks from the equipment started a brush fire, according to the Cochise County Sheriff's Office.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2024
  • The canyon reminds me of being raised in Australia; brush fires abundant, the smell of ash would often steel the air into a strange metallic taste and smell.
    Fariha Róisín, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Through it all, Travassos said, the Forest Guardians have been left on their own to fend off loggers, death threats, and most recently, brush fires.
    Scott Wallace, National Geographic, 27 Sep. 2019
  • Neither brush fire threatened any homes or people, Boyd said.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2022
  • After receiving a warning of a brush fire in their area, the user starts by staking one end of the Blaze Barrier line to the ground.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2024

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