The whole thing in the emergency services is that if you don't get to the fire or arrive at the hospital in one piece you're not going to do anyone any good.

Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire

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,

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