Elsewhere, the number of fires is alarming.

Man must have fires in his life: Fire of love; fire of work; fire of doing kindness... Without fires, man is just a cold rock!

We've already had a dangerous situation in January with a number of grass fires. But the month I dread is March.

I've had an alarming amount of concussions.

These come up with somewhat alarming frequency.

We've just got a ton of fires going on.