wildfire spread
Flames consuming territory
Wildfire spread refers to how an uncontrolled fire moves across land, driven by wind, terrain, and available fuel.
The phrase appears frequently in discussions of fire management and climate change: Drought conditions accelerated wildfire spread across the region.
More broadly, it describes anything that proliferates rapidly and uncontrollably: The rumor's wildfire spread caught the company off guard.
- blazeIntense burning fire
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- out of controlUnable to be restrained
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
smoke · smoke plume · burn · scorch · scorched earth · fuel · wind · drought · red flag warning · evacuation · charred · ash · tinder · brush · bone dry · forest · acres · firefighters
wildfire spreadcontainment
Preventing hostile expansion
fire suppression · controlled burn · fire control · prescribed burn · burnout
wildfire spreadflooding
Overwhelming water accumulation
deluge · heavy rainfall · monsoon · downpour · saturation
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