How to Use fire line in a Sentence
fire line
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Since the fires began Monday, firefighters have been working to build a fire line between it and the town, officials said.
—Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 20 June 2024
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Crews from the task force found the dog while on the fire lines in Klamath County.
—oregonlive, 26 July 2023
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This week, fire crews came in and renewed that fire line.
—Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 4 Oct. 2020
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Coates said crews have backed off and are building a fire break at the top of the ridge line northwest of the fire line.
—Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
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His crews built a fire line that stopped the fire from reaching the communities.
—AZCentral.com, 26 June 2022
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Edgar spent three days and two nights on the fire line, long enough for the containment effort to succeed.
—Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
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The fire line on the east side was holding, and crews were working to complete the hold line on the south side, officials said.
—Jordan Parker, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 July 2022
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In 2018, a fast-moving range fire killed a man near The Dalles who had been trying to cut a fire line between the flames and area wheat fields.
—oregonlive, 23 Sep. 2020
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Owners scrambled to prepare a fire line in hopes of saving their land as the flames grew in the distance.
—Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2022
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In Omo Ranch, close to where the fire started, a bulldozer ripped out trees to build a fire line and stop the blaze from spreading south.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2021
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Just below the fire line, a developer has plans to build more homes.
—New York Times, 16 May 2022
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Four fire trucks and two hand crews were working to construct a fire line to halt the progress of the flames as of Monday afternoon.
—Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2022
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The flames force firefighters to retreat to their secondary fire line.
—WIRED, 15 June 2023
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More than 1,800 firefighters are on the fire line for both fires in Orange County.
—Fox News, 28 Oct. 2020
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No homes were lost on the northeastern side of the fire nearest to the lake, and crews managed to carve more fire line along one edge of a fiery finger.
—Sam Metz, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2021
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On the fire’s eastern side, personnel will burn fuels just west of the Crown King Trail and create a fire line there.
—Mike Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2021
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Within three days, both sides withdrew their troops to be at least 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the cease-fire line.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 30 Dec. 2021
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Without hot days and strong winds, crews are able to fight the blaze directly, getting right up to the fire line to work on suppressing the flames.
—oregonlive, 22 July 2021
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Haycraft also had to hike an hour or more to actually reach the fire line.
—Bruce Selcraig, ExpressNews.com, 3 Oct. 2020
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The wind is coming from the northwest which is pushing the fire line away from Redwood Canyon and toward the Giant Forest.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Sep. 2021
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Two bulldozers showed up to dig a fire line along Hansen’s small vineyard, and firefighters dug by hand along the creek bed.
—Mallory Moench, SFChronicle.com, 7 Oct. 2020
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Crews used seven fire lines and three master streams to contain the blaze, officials said.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
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Some firefighters were stranded on the fire line, and dozens of vehicles needed to be towed from the field and serviced.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023
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The fire burned in rugged terrain, and a sudden change in weather made our trek through the Tule River Reservation to the fire line unsafe.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2021
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Prescott said the erratic winds could shift and push the fire back on crews, and any new fire start could limit current crew's abilities on the fire line.
—Olivia Munson, The Arizona Republic, 24 June 2021
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Her hotel, which was full of tourists last week, was some three miles from the fire line and now empty, after the tourists were evacuated.
—BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2021
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The injuries happened on Aug. 7 when a tree fell while the four were helping create a fire line around the blaze, a Cal Fire official said in a statement.
—Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2021
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Firefighters build a fire line along Market Street, hoping to contain the blaze to the city’s southern districts.
—WIRED, 15 June 2023
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Presumably the fire crews have a clear idea of the location of the fire line, and where the fire is headed, but none of this data appears to be publicly available.
—Daniel Holz, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2011
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Dozens of bulldozers have dug out fire lines, and aircraft have dumped thousands of gallons of water and flame retardant on the blazes.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024
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