...and saw the fire grow; and, as it grew darker, appeared more and more, and in corners and upon steeples, as far as we could see up the hill of the city, in a most horrid malicious bloody flame, not like the fine flame of an ordinary fire."

Which of these is nearest in meaning to the word malicious, as it is used in the passage above?
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broadening
injurious
nurturing
balanced