fierce, huge (esp. BrE), intense, massive

attend (BrE), battle, fight, tackle (esp. BrE)
The fire brigade attended the blaze.
Firefighters are battling those blazes in five counties.

start
An electrical overload may have started the blaze.

bring under control, control, get under control
extinguish, put out

spread, sweep through sth
The blaze swept through the whole building.

in a/the blaze
The antiques were destroyed in a blaze last year.

Blaze is used with these nouns as the subject:
bonfire, cheek, eye, fire, gun, log

Blaze is used with these nouns as the object:
path