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fire-front 
n. the point of farthest advance of a forest fire, where the firefighters work.
- 1953 By noon the wind was blowing steadily from the south-west and the fire front was less than a mile from Paradise Lake.
- 1958 . . . suddenly McGilvary pointed through the smoke towards the fire front.
- 1953 By noon the wind was blowing steadily from the south-west and the fire front was less than a mile from Paradise Lake.