forest fire
noun
a fire, usually ignited naturally, that burns out of control in a large tract of forest.
forest fires
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pluralof forest fire.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Last year, without El Niño, forest fires in Indonesia torched a 359,000-hectare area, says Professor Bambang Hero Saharjo, a forest fire forensics expert from Institut Pertanian Bogor University.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
An unusually large amount of smoke in the air from nearby forest fires acted like an additional atmospheric filter.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Serbian authorities said late Friday they were battling 25 serious forest fires, including one which has devastated 25 square kilometres of land at the Deliblatska national park near Belgrade.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Authorities in Valencia have been shutting down main viewing zones to traffic, citing severe risks of overcrowding and forest fires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Their bark was two feet thick, and their shaggy evergreen leaves were high up, where forest fires couldn’t reach them.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
