It appears that somebody was burning trash somewhere, a big brush pile, and the fire got away.

The dead grass and pine needles from last year serve as fuel for the fire. With the wind blowing the way it is, an ember from a small fire can blow dozens of feet and spark a larger fire.

There it stands ablaze, like a slab of fire, with its parade of white flagstaffs gleaming in the street light, and the humped black limousines patient at the door.

He came back to his vehicle and found out that his bag containing city fire equipment was missing,

The fire appeared to have started in an old shed behind our neighbor's house.

The aircraft was taking indirect fire [and] direct fire from elements on the ground. So that's why we say that it may have caused the crash of the helicopter.