brush fires
Scrub igniting spontaneously
Brush fires are fires that burn through dry vegetation—grass, shrubs, and small trees—rather than forests.
The term is common in regions prone to seasonal wildfires: Brush fires swept through the hills during the drought.
Figuratively, brush fires are small problems that flare up and demand immediate attention: The manager spent the day putting out brush fires.
- wildfireUncontrolled vegetation blaze
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- emberGlowing coal fragment
- heatTransferred thermal energy
- burnDamage by heat
blazes · out of control · controlled burn · firebreaks · smoke · combustion · hotshots · spark · ignition · Santa Ana winds · climate change · arson · ash · smokejumpers · kindling · hazardous · sear · flare
- fireflame, blaze, flames, inferno, embers
- savannasavanna, grassland, acacia, African savannah, baobab tree
- disastersdisaster, earthquake, earthquakes, catastrophe, floods
- chaparralmanzanita, scrub oak, greasewood, redshank, white sage
brush firescontrolled burns
Deliberate fires for management
prescribed burns · campfires · bonfires · cooking fires · fire pits
brush firesconflagrations
Large destructive fires
firestorms · candle flames · pilot lights · infernos · embers