This fire has jumped the fire line three times in three days.
All along Colorado's fire lines, a tight supply of resources has been a problem for the firefighting effort, so a new wave of reinforcements is welcome.
The fire certainly paid no heed to the efforts of men, jumping fire lines and resisting every effort to contain it until cooler weather and moisture helped shut it down.
During one of the most severe dry seasons in the reserve's history, when fires threatened nesting trees, the whole research team turned to creating fire lines.
By June 23, the 452,000-acre fire had destroyed at least 423 homes and was about 35 percent contained by fire lines near Show Low.
Everything inside the fire lines is reported as burned.
They're building fire lines, they are clearing away the brush.
Firefighters are still trying to build a nine-mile fire line around the blaze.
I carry a rake, patrolling one flank of the fire, making sure it doesn't jump a pre-dug fire line.
Definition of fire line in US English:
fire line
nounˈfaɪ(ə)r laɪn
North American
A firebreak in a forest.
〈北美〉（森林）防火线
Example sentencesExamples
They're building fire lines, they are clearing away the brush.
Firefighters are still trying to build a nine-mile fire line around the blaze.
Everything inside the fire lines is reported as burned.
I carry a rake, patrolling one flank of the fire, making sure it doesn't jump a pre-dug fire line.
This fire has jumped the fire line three times in three days.
During one of the most severe dry seasons in the reserve's history, when fires threatened nesting trees, the whole research team turned to creating fire lines.
The fire certainly paid no heed to the efforts of men, jumping fire lines and resisting every effort to contain it until cooler weather and moisture helped shut it down.
All along Colorado's fire lines, a tight supply of resources has been a problem for the firefighting effort, so a new wave of reinforcements is welcome.
By June 23, the 452,000-acre fire had destroyed at least 423 homes and was about 35 percent contained by fire lines near Show Low.