The phrase "a sort of fire" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that resembles or has qualities of fire, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The sunset cast a warm glow over the horizon, creating a sort of fire that ignited the sky with vibrant colors."
Alternatives: "a kind of flame" or "a type of blaze".
Last summer, during a seminar at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia, Inspector Hannigan conducted an experiment with a halogen lamp just to see for himself what the thing could do, a sort of fire-guy's road test.
Giving an introductory briefing up on the big deck at Sheep Creek, staff showed us how to use a "bear banger", a sort of flare gun that fires off a charge, creating a loud noise that, in most cases, sends the beast running in the opposite direction.
Or burn it, but make sure you have parental affirmation before starting any sort of fire.
Stuart Hall had a sort of revolutionary fire in his soul.
Because capsaicin causes the body to release endorphins, acting as a sort of neural fire hose, many people experience chilis as the ideal fulcrum of pain and pleasure.
Robinson's words have a spiritual force that's very rare in contemporary fiction -- what Ames means when he refers to "grace as a sort of ecstatic fire that takes things down to essentials".
We'd found a sort of sacred fire to gather around, dancing and grinning.
The Burbank City Council this week voted unanimously to begin negotiations to extend the city's development agreement with Bob Hope Airport for an additional three years — a sort of "cease fire" that will allow the two parties to plan future capital projects without high-pressure deadlines.
The current court is a sort of verbal firing squad, with the justices peppering lawyers with questions almost as soon as they begin their presentations.
What if she directed them, through a sort of quick-fire, forced evolution, to work on our payroll?
