Brush fire, bush fire, forest or wild fire - they all refer to the same phenomenon.
Other names such as brush fire, bush fire, forest fire, desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, peat fire, vegetation fire, and veldfire may be used to describe the same phenomenon depending on the type of vegetation being burned, and the regional variant of English being used.
All night, Mr. Shurelian said, he hosed down spot fires and flaming bushes to try to keep the fire from surrounding them.
In warm regions, several species of Proteaceae are cultivated as ornamentals, including Leucadendron argenteum (silver tree), the leaves of which are covered with fine silky hairs; different species of Banksia (Australian honeysuckles); members of Embothrium (fire bushes, or fire trees); and members of Grevillea.
Stay clear of ANYTHING that can catch fire, bushes, trees, grass and cars!
Much of its land remains protected by the federal and state laws, which prohibit picking plants, feeding animals, open fires and bush camping.
Recent studies (Angassa and Oba 2008b) have indicated ban on the use of fire increased bush encroachment.
In addition, the Noongar practice of firestick farming: firing the bush to flush out game and encourage germination of undergrowth for sustainability, threatened the settlers' crops and houses.
A8 Bush Fires Spread in Australia Some 75 bush fires raged across the state of New South Wales in Australia, destroying houses, cutting major highways and isolating towns.
"Bush fires are now behaving in ways bush fires haven't behaved before.
Mr. Gerashenko wrote that the gunman fired from bushes on the roadside.
