forest fire

English Thesaurus

1. an uncontrolled fire in a wooded area (noun.event)

hypernym	:	fire,
definition	:	the event of something burning (often destructive) (noun.event)

hyponym	:	crown fire,
definition	:	a forest fire that advances with great speed jumping from crown to crown ahead of the ground fire (noun.event)

hyponym	:	ground fire,
definition	:	a forest fire that burns the humus; may not appear on the surface (noun.event)

hyponym	:	surface fire,
definition	:	a forest fire that burns only the surface litter and undergrowth (noun.event)