In the squalor of the intensive chicken house infections spread like wildfire.
The news spread like wildfire through the country, and the principal towns declared for separation.
The latter were about to bury him without delay or ceremony, but the gastald or chief magistrate of the city interfered and appointed a public funeral; rumours of his wondrous travels and of posthumous miracles were diffused, and excitement spread like wildfire over Friuli and Carniola; the ceremony had to be deferred more than once, and at last took place in presence of the patriarch of Aquileia and all the local dignitaries.
Remember that a greenhouse is basically a plant nursery where germs can spread like wildfire.
Taylor Swift straight hair news spread like wildfire around the world in December 2009.
