fire
the event of something burning (often destructive)
"they lost everything in the fire"
Type of:
happening; occurrence; occurrent; natural event
Types:
backfire
bonfire; balefire
brush fire
campfire
conflagration; inferno
forest fire
grassfire; prairie fire
smoulder; smolder
smudge
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