crown fire
a forest fire that spreads along treetops, often at great speeds.
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Firefighters are seeing more and more “extreme fire behavior” — whirling “fire tornadoes,” crown fires that spew embers into the wind and blazes that move so fast and burn so hot they create their own weather.
Underpaid firefighters, overstretched budgets: The U.S. isn’t prepared for fires fueled by climate change | Sarah Kaplan | July 1, 2021 | Washington PostThe blaze lashed eagerly over the tops of the trees, the dreaded crown fire of the North Woods.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. SinclairThe duty of Scouts is to jump upon a surface fire and kill it before it becomes a sly ground fire or a raving crown fire.
Pluck on the Long Trail | Edwin L. SabinThe ground fire, lashed by the rising wind of the morning, had leaped off the earth and become a crown fire.
King Spruce, A Novel | Holman DayA bad wind had sprung up, and we didn't know but that we were to have a crown fire.
Pluck on the Long Trail | Edwin L. Sabin
It is almost unbelievable, too, the way a crown-fire will jump.
The Boy With the U. S. Foresters | Francis Rolt-Wheeler
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