Sudden Glaring Light or Flame

Sudden glaring light or flame crossword clue. 5 letters. UK Daily Express quick crossword question on Saturday Oct 7, 2017

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Sudden glaring light or flame in sentence

From his vantage point on the highest wall of the fort, Mark waited for the second flare. Then he would be able to look across the far walls to the village and the swamp. The sudden glaring light or flame brought a crescendo of small-arms fire mingled with the deeper, more emphatic sound of the .50 caliber machine guns located at Four and Five. Mark then saw several VC at the edge of the swamp, as reported earlier, but the flare revealed a larger group of the enemy near the north edge of the village.