How to Use brush fire in a Sentence

brush fire

noun
  • The smell of smoke from a brush fire in the pasture across the way.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 31 May 2018
  • 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
  • Bonnie, a blind girl trapped in a brush fire near the beach?
    — Sally Holmes, Marie Claire, 30 July 2018
  • 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
  • In October, the state saw over 100 brush fires in one week.
    — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Crews are at the scene of a brush fire near a ranch in the east foothills of San Jose on Monday morning.
    — Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The Watch Fire started on July 10 as a small brush fire.
    — Annie Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2024
  • The brush fire was reported in a riverbed near the Plaza Bonita mall.
    — Karen Kucher, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 June 2018
  • The residue from house fires contains far more toxins than that of brush fires.
    — Katharine Gammon, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Last year, a brush fire broke out below the Top of the World neighborhood and tore through 175 acres.
    — Daily Pilot, 17 July 2019
  • Last year, a brush fire forced a group to evacuate from Elysian Park.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Late on the night of Oct. 7, word began to spread among Spurs players and coaches like a brush fire.
    — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 20 June 2019
  • The crash sparked a brush fire that had grown to about 20 acres shortly after nightfall.
    — Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 Oct. 2017
  • The brush fire was in a sloping field along Lahainaluna Road.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The dry conditions are contributing to the brush fires as well.
    — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
  • 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 dry, windy weather recently has increased the risk of brush fires.
    — David Harris, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • The West fire was the largest of three brush fires that broke out during a sweltering heat wave Friday.
    — J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 July 2018
  • My right nipple is ablaze in a brush fire of discomfort.
    — Will Nevin, OregonLive.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • As flooding hit the Big Island, winds fanned brush fires that had broken out in dry areas of Maui and Oahu.
    — Fox News, 26 Aug. 2018
  • And then there are lingering concerns the Santa Ana winds might kick up and turn a new brush fire into an inferno.
    — Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025

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