![]() The size of the Thomas fire eclipsed the California portion of the second-largest fire recorded in the state, the so-called Rush fire which burned in Lassen County in northeast California on the Nevada border in August 2012, according to Cal Fire records. |
![]() Deftly controlling a fire to optimize its size, shape, and intensity is generally called fire management, and the more advanced forms of it, as traditionally and sometimes still practiced by skilled cooks, blacksmiths, ironmasters, and others, are highly skilled activities. |
![]() Learn More About fire. Post the Definition of fire to Facebook Share the Definition of fire on Twitter Time Traveler for fire. The first known use of fire was before the 12th century. See more words from the same century. |
![]() We built a fire on the beach. We put up our tents and made a small fire. If something is on fire, it is burning when it should not be.: If your home was on fire and you could save only one thing, what would it be? |
![]() But what is it, exactly? The ancient Greeks considered fire one of the major elements in the universe, alongside water, earth and air. This grouping makes intuitive sense: You can feel fire, just like you can feel earth, water and air. |