conflagration

noun3

1. •
   A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.

   • It took sixty firefighters to put out the conflagration.
2. •
   (figurative) A large-scale conflict.
3. •
   (figurative) A situation of great passion or emotion.

   • I thought it only an amourette when you told me. It was a fire — a conflagration; subdue it. — 1876