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forest fire
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a raging fire that sweeps through a forest.
See: bush fire
Quotations
1868
If, as already suggested, forest fires, in the uncultivated state of the country, be a provision for removing old and decaying forests, then such changes as the above detailed must have an important use in the economy of nature.
1964
There are nine forest fires in Alberta, all of them under control.