Sentence examples for stubborn fire from inspiring English sources

Mr. Long, the Fire Department spokesman, called it a "nasty, stubborn fire".

— Facing a stubborn fire, California officials ordered the evacuation of Big Sur on Wednesday as flames flared on nearby mountaintops and moved steadily toward this coastal retreat.

"We have a very stubborn fire here," said Patrick McNally, the Fire Department's chief of operations, noting the building's thick concrete walls and lack of side windows.

But when the internal systems are insufficient, the Port Authority firefighters will now be better trained to deal with a stubborn fire, officials said.

A stubborn fire tore through a bone-dry mulch and compost field in Yaphank, N.Y., yesterday, sending a vast arc of windblown smoke high into the sky and reminding Long Islanders of the explosive wildfires that ravaged the Pine Barrens nearly six years ago.

Offices were planned to open today at 10 a.m., but the shifting winds and a continually raging stubborn fire led officials to keep Mesa closed today, asking employees to work from home or at alternative offices.

The same site is now the subject of another investigation sparked by a stubborn fire that has burning there since early Tuesday.

Now that they have been largely subdued, only a skeleton crew has stayed behind, to monitor stubborn fires that continue to smolder despite the rain.