A fire that burns the low-growing vegetation in an area of open countryside.
a campfire lit in unsuitable conditions sparked a major scrub fire
Example sentencesExamples
- A firebug has been at work in the district, setting a string of scrub fires.
- The sounds of Lyttelton could be heard clearly—including the call out for a fire engine attending a scrub fire.
- In Central Australia travellers were warned to be wary of smoke hazards on highways as grass and scrub fires continued to burn.
- We've had burglaries and little scrub fires caused by kids being silly and lighting things.
- Temperatures are expected to range from 27 C to 32 C this week as a large high sits over the tinder-dry area which has been plagued by scrub fires this month.
- At 4.40 pm firefighters were called to a scrub fire in Snells beach, where five fire trucks worked on the blaze.
- Firefighters were called to a large scrub fire on about 1pm yesterday.
- It is a very pleasant warm wind, however it fans the local scrub fires which are deliberately lit to encourage the growth of new grass.
- Fire crews will continue dampening down a large scrub fire which is smouldering north of Auckland.
- Scrub fires have the potential to turn into a massive blaze.
- Firefighters are battling steep terrain and limited water supplies to contain a large scrub fire near a pine forest.