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Recent Examples of brush fireThe new fire danger warnings came even as firefighters continue to mop up from a series of brush fires that erupted on Saturday in New York's Long Island.—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 11 Mar. 2025 Meanwhile, the North Carolina Forest Service estimates a brush fire in the Blue Ridge Mountains, about 40 miles south of Asheville, is between 400 and 500 acres and is 0% contained, as of Sunday afternoon.—Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2025 Later Saturday night, crews were on the scene of a brush fire in a wooded area near the 6500 block of Charles Street.—Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2025 The Long Island brush fires that startled communities across Suffolk County over the weekend were likely caused by a person attempting to cook s’mores in their backyard, officials said Monday.—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for brush fire
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