The phrase "mountain fire" is a perfectly acceptable phrase in written English.
You can use it when describing a fire in the mountains, for example: "At night, the mountains stand silhouetted against the sky, lit up by the orange glow of the mountain fire."
The Boulder Mountain Fire Protection District sent out a message warning trapped residents that rescuers were having difficulty reaching them.
But as the cable car moved through the mountain, fire broke out, transforming the tunnel into a chimney of fierce smoke and flames.
A helicopter was used to help tackle a mountain fire more than 1km wide in Rhondda.
This means there is nowhere that a mountain fire or long-lasting light can be caused on the ground.
Crews were called to the mountain fire at Godre'r Graig, between Pontardawe and Ystalyfera, at about 08 00 BST.
Photo: Mountain fire rages out of control.
Tristessa covers his month in Mexico before the west coast phase begins with The Dharma Bums (marrying mountaineering and Buddhism) and Desolation Angels, in which Kerouac spends a summer as a mountain fire-warden – and, in meta-style, covers the publication of On the Road.
Deliberately set mountain fires at Machen, Caerphilly, and Clydach Vale, Rhondda, also continued to burn on Monday night.
The group said its key aim was to "help the fire service and the police by trying to prevent mountain fires" by organising foot patrols along the mountains.
At Sinai God descended on the mountain in fire; on Pentecost the Spirit descended on the apostles in tongues of flame.
At night, the view from the hot spring-water pools at the Tabacon Resort is spectacular, but the place does get crowded and you will have to share it with noisy, boozy American tourists bawling every time the mountain spits fire.
