blazes

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Blazes tore through buildings, homes and neighborhoods all along the route, as if the fire had dropped indiscriminately from the sky, igniting every place it landed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025

Blazes have engulfed parts of nearly all 13 Canadian provinces and territories this year, forcing home evacuations, disrupting energy production, and drawing in federal as well as international firefighting resources.

From Reuters • Aug. 16, 2023

Blazes in the country’s southwest forced more than 37,000 people to evacuate.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2022

Blazes in Spain, Portugal and Greece have forced thousands more to flee.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2022

“What the Blue Blazes is he?” asked the stranger.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens