Sentence examples for more large fires from inspiring English sources

And with the hot weather settling in and forests drying out fast, the summer could bring many more large fires.

"Certainly, over the last decade, we're seeing more large fires more frequently," said Christopher M. Knopp, the forest supervisor of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest.

"We are confronting more large fires, a tripling of homes burned and more frequent large evacuations in North America," said Tania Schoennagel, a fire scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder.

"Wildfire in forested areas is increasing dramatically, there are more opportunities for large fires," said Dr LeRoy Westerling, associate professor at the University of California-Merced.

Partial cross-sections were sampled within the perimeters of the more recent known large fires in the region, those of 2007 and 1998.

There are more than 100 large fires burning out of control in 15 states.

This additional fuel load, combined with recent drought in the America West has led to more frequent and large fires in recent years.

Fifteen of those large fires, and more than 100,000 of those acres, were in Montana.

Occasional large fires are more frequently detected in dry than in wet miombo areas.

Since 1986 the number of fires has increased fourfold, while very large fires of 250,000 acres and more have become more frequent.

As a result of the attacks, two vehicles parked at the back of the college caught fire, causing two more large explosions, officials said.