Sentence examples for significant fires from inspiring English sources

With more than a dozen significant fires now burning through the Southwest, the fire whisperers are busy.

The governor of Oregon, Theodore R. Kulongoski, a Democrat, said in an interview after meetings here Monday that the troop deployment had left his National Guard with half the usual number of firefighters because about 400 of them were overseas while a hot, dry summer was already producing significant fires in his state.

Major earthquakes in urban areas have often been followed by significant fires that cause extensive damage to property.

But it's clear from global satellite images that significant fires in all types of vegetation occur multiple times every year on all continents except Antarctica.

Police are investigating the cause of a "significant" fire that destroyed a new multimillion-pound chemistry building at the University of Nottingham.

The small extra costs renters will have to pay will help them avoid significant problems in the event that a significant fire destroys their home.

"We're expecting to have pretty significant fire activity today," said Capt Kendal E Bortisser of the California department of forestry and fire protection.

He said: "This is likely to be a protracted incident and crews have been working extremely hard to tackle what is clearly a very significant fire.

The Marines haven't made a landing under significant fire since Inchon, in 1950, but hitting the beach lies at the core of their mythology.

"All it would take is a wind change and that significant fire changes, and all of a sudden people who thought they were safe from the fires are in the line of danger again," he said.

The short answer, by the way, is that the ban affects industrial-size batteries, including some used by professional audio-visual crews, because they can pose a significant fire hazard.