forest fire
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In October, at the peak of Oktoberfest celebrations, a forest fire closed a major highway funneling visitors across the Cascades.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
Japan has deployed more than 2,000 firefighters to battle the country's biggest forest fire in three decades.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2025
The bright orange-and-red water spouts off the cliff with the visual intensity of a raging forest fire.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024
It was also devastated by a forest fire in 2016 that displaced 90,000 residents and became Canada’s costliest disaster.
From New York Times • May 23, 2024
Nothing of it remains; blackened stumps dot the place where it’s been, as if there has been a forest fire.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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