Many used words like 'big fire' (translated from Mandarin), 'fierce', 'spread wildly', 'uncontrollable'.
My latest addition to the Selected Reading Material is a short story about a man risking his life to guard his home from a bush fire. It was inspired by a beautifully written article I had read in the Reader's Digest many years ago.
This short story is targeted at advanced and aspiring writers.
I am still researching on this area and hopefully I can put up another resource related to 'fire' soon.
You can find the article here.