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The largest of the brush fires erupted Saturday in Carolina Forest, a community west of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
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Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Air and ground resources quickly battled the brush fire, which had jumped I-580 and snarled traffic in the region.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
Here at home, extreme weather exacerbated by climate change is having many unfortunate impacts on our lives, from farmers losing crops to devastating floods, brush fires, and high heat days.
—Michael Leone, Hartford Courant, 28 Mar. 2025
On Monday morning, the St. Charles Fire Department responded to a brush fire on the 4000 block of Lincoln Highway in St. Charles, according to a press release from the fire department on Monday.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
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Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Air and ground resources quickly battled the brush fire, which had jumped I-580 and snarled traffic in the region.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
Here at home, extreme weather exacerbated by climate change is having many unfortunate impacts on our lives, from farmers losing crops to devastating floods, brush fires, and high heat days.
—Michael Leone, Hartford Courant, 28 Mar. 2025
On Monday morning, the St. Charles Fire Department responded to a brush fire on the 4000 block of Lincoln Highway in St. Charles, according to a press release from the fire department on Monday.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Brush fire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brush%20fire. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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