fire victims

Those flames harmed

Fire victims are people who have suffered harm, loss, or displacement due to fire.

The term typically appears in news coverage of house fires or wildfires: Donations poured in to help the fire victims.

It encompasses those who lost property, sustained injuries, or died, as well as their surviving family members.

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rescue · evacuation · escape route · shelter · temporary housing · tragedy · loss · emergency · ashes · destruction · displaced · homeless · trauma · recovery · relief · red cross · donations · wildfire

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Emergency personnel combating blazes

first responders · fire department · emergency responders · fire brigade · fire crew

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Those who criminally ignite property

fire starters · firebugs · pyromaniacs · perpetrators · incendiaries

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fire victimsfire survivors

Those who lived through flames

survivors · escapees · evacuees

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