conflagration
noun /ˌkɒnfləˈɡreɪʃn/
/ˌkɑːnfləˈɡreɪʃn/
(formal)- a very large fire that destroys a lot of land or buildings
大火灾；大火 - The fire services were not adequate to deal with major conflagrations.
消防服务不足以应付重大火灾。
词源late 15th cent. (denoting consumption by fire): from Latin conflagratio(n-), from the verb conflagrare, from con- (expressing intensive force) + flagrare ‘to blaze’. - The fire services were not adequate to deal with major conflagrations.