Lateral Fire : Rate or spread and intensity of a fire usually falling somewhere in between advancing and backing with spread lateral to the main direction of fire travel. Also called: flanking fire. Syn: Flank Fire
National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG), Glossary of Wildland Fire Terminology, NWCG Program Management Unit, National Interagency Fire Center, Boise, ID, USA 2014. http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/pubs/glossary/pms205.pdf, (For Fr - Amer) {45}