fire storm
Self-sustaining blaze vortex
A firestorm is an intense fire that generates its own wind system, drawing in surrounding air to feed combustion.
The term describes both literal conflagrations—urban fires after bombings, massive wildfires—and figurative outbursts of controversy or criticism: The senator's comments sparked a firestorm on social media.
Also spelled as two words.
- blazeIntense burning fire
- incinerationBurning waste to ash
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
flames · arson · smoke · fuel load · convection currents · firebombing · Dresden · rage · passion · conflagration · scorched earth · wildfire · bushfire · out of control · lightning · ash · heatwave · drought