like wildfire

"It was like wildfire - word of mouth."

It’s unclear when the video was made, but it emerged and spread like wildfire on social media after a Fox News reporter, citing unnamed sources, said it had triggered a federal probe into the politician.

"It's frankly ridiculous and insulting that he says they tried to throw a protective ring around care homes when his department's policies caused Covid to spread like wildfire amongst society's most vulnerable loved ones," she said.

She quoted a worker at a Durham care home who described how the virus "spread like wildfire".

"There is a fundamental interconnected nature of air travel. So when disruption begins, it spreads almost like wildfire."