crown fire
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of crown fire
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
Example Sentences
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This is the very condition identified as important to spotted owls — dense, multistoried canopies with high vulnerability to crown fire.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
Not far from this burn scar, the Dixie fire destroyed the town of Greenville when flames erupted into an uncontrollable crown fire, which can gain speed as it spreads from treetop to treetop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
It’s also more refined, with its earthy hint of miso-agave rice just below the canopy of the taco’s crown fire.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2018
"Ground fire is a good thing, crown fire is a bad thing in his case," said fire incident spokesman Dennis Godfrey.
From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 2013
It wasn't a crown fire, where the flames travel through the tops of the timber; it traveled along the ground, and climbed the low trees and then reached for the big ones.
From Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
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