Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters Quotes

I put a bushfire out. It was one of the most incredible things, terrifying. We get them a lot in Australia.

If you take 67 brush fires times 10 years, that's almost 700 right there. Those brush fires are incredibly dangerous, all those homes going down proved that.

I'd rather fight 100 structure fires than a wildfire. With a structure fire you know where your flames are, but in the woods it can move anywhere; it can come right up behind you.

California must be a really big fan of the 'Hunger Games.' Because it's always catching fire.

Fire is our first form of technology.

The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

The closest fires were near enough for us to hear the crackling flames and the yells of firemen. Little fires grew into big ones even as we watched. Big ones died down under the firemen's valor only to break out again later.

In open range fires it is about picking a spot and hoping it is the right location. At the head of the fire you have to worry about wind and humidity and a number of other factors.

I am used to playing with fire. Somebody has to do it.

People say to me, 'Why don't you fight fire with fire?' You fight fire with water, not fire.

Wildfires can leave the land with burn scars that last for years.

When I was 6 years old, we were lighting firecrackers in the backyard and started a fire. My brother ran out and was pulling water from the creek and pouring it on the fire with a 7-Eleven Big Gulp cup.

If my house is on fire, I don't need the fire chief telling me I should not have built the house out of wood. I need somebody to put the fire out.

Stamping out fires is a lot of fun, but it is only putting things back the way they were.

One man puts the fire out, the other lights the fuse.

Big fires flare up in a wind, but little ones are blown out unless they are carried in under cover.

One day, when we were coming back from school, we saw this big cloud of smoke coming up, and all these fire-trucks in the yard. The garage was burning down. I was 14, and we'd lost everything.

It is difficult to determine the cause of grass fires. There is usually nothing left behind when we get there, like a cigarette or a gas can, for us to determine what started it.

When I was 11, I burned a field down by mistake. It was an empty field, probably about 10 acres in size. Me and my friend were lighting firecrackers, and we ended up burning down the entire field. We got found out, and I think I was grounded for about three months.

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.

There's nothing wrong with the car except that it's on fire.

It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.

If my house was on fire, I can't compromise about which part of the house I'm going to save. You save the whole house or it will all burn down. We either save this country or we do not.

I've burned the trash a few times and it got away from me. I've caught the yard on fire. I've burnt up some acreage and had to call the fire department a couple of times.

I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.