Kalmar "balefire" tana nufin babban wuta mai ban sha'awa wanda yawanci ana kunna shi azaman sigina ko alamar biki, yawanci a yanayin karkara. A wasu lokuta, ana iya amfani da kalmar don kwatanta gobara da aka saita da gangan don yin lalata, kamar wutar daji ko gobarar gini. Kalmar “bale” a cikin wannan mahallin ana tsammanin tana da alaƙa da tsohuwar kalmar Ingilishi “bael,” wanda ke nufin “bikin jana’iza.”