The situation was complicated by the spread of a serious forest fire.

形势因一场严重的森林火灾的蔓延而复杂化了。

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The cause of the fire remained unknown, but a witness said he saw construction materials burning before the fire climbed up the scaffolding and quickly spread.

大火原因尚未查明，但是有目击者称，大火先在脚手架上着火，然后迅速蔓延直至大楼建筑材料起火。

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If you’re a friend to the animals or don’t have thousands of dollars to drop on each outfit (who does??) don’t be outraged just yet – variations of faux fur are about to spread like rapid fire.

如果你是一位保护动物者，又或者你没钱花上几万块钱去买下这昂贵的一套衣服（谁可以啊？！） ，也不用生气，反正还有各种各样的人造皮毛一样会流行的。

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Kollie says news of Jackson's death spread like a dry brush fire.

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They will only put it out if it's a fire in the home of a subscriber or if it starts to spread and to threaten the home of a subscriber.

他们只扑灭发生在会员家里的火灾,或者是即将蔓延到他们会员家里的火灾。

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One particular question they plan to address is whether the behaviour and severity of the High Park fire was affected by the spread of mountain pine beetle, a pest that is rapidly overrunning Colorado because its breeding season has been extended by the warming climate.

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Seven oxygen cylinders being stored in the loft of a house caused the fire which quickly spread to three other properties in the terraced row.

BBC: Radford fire: Oxygen cylinders cause roof fire

Peabody says he found four locations in the house where fires had been intentionally set and a line of phone books that helped the fire spread.

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