fire line
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fire line
An Americanism dating back to 1900–05
Example Sentences
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‘One structure catches fire … and it throws embers downwind to the next structure, and the sequence is pretty much unstoppable. There’s just no good way to build fire line in an urban environment.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
That wasn’t the case in the Mountain fire last month, which recorded hurricane-force winds over the fire, pushing embers more than two miles away from the main fire line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024
An engine crew, meanwhile, rolls to the fire line with a fire engine to pump water or fire-suppressing foam onto a blaze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
Some firefighters were stranded on the fire line, and dozens of vehicles needed to be towed from the field and serviced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
He was starting to think Piper was right about the storm or fire line in the prophecy—one of them, Jason or Leo, would not come back from this voyage alive.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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