A large, destructive fire that spreads over a forest or area of woodland.
a helicopter had been engaged in extinguishing a huge forest fire
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- A meteorologist told the paper that France was between 20% and 50% down on its usual rainfall, dramatically increasing the risk of crop damage and forest fires.
- He had heard that forest fires could spread very quickly.
- When we visited in early May four years ago, there were tons of forest fires in the area.
- Small forest fires burst to life and the yellow sea-planes douse them with water.
- The worst forest fires on record had driven people from their home grounds and they had been given temporary accommodation in the city centre.
- The forest fire shut down a major power line.
- Some states that feel vulnerable to forest fires are actually offering to pay power companies to harvest more wood for fuel.
- It was disappointing to see the extent to which the forest had suffered in a forest fire that had burnt every bit of regenerating vegetation and the delicate undergrowth.
- During the dry season, huge forest fires scorch thousands of acres of natural areas.
- Years of intensive logging, agricultural development, and uncontrolled forest fires have taken their toll on those undisturbed forests and on the Siberian tiger.