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conflagration

[kon-fluh-grey-shuhn] / ˌkɒn fləˈgreɪ ʃən /


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Brown has invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act for both the Double Creek and Sturgill fires, which authorizes the state fire marshal to mobilize firefighters and equipment to help local fire departments.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2022

The story conveyed by “The Conflagration of Moscow” was the least interesting thing about the show.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2016

Oregon’s governor invoked the state’s so-called Emergency Conflagration Act on Monday, mobilizing additional resources as a fast-growing wildfire threatened 275 homes in a rural area of the state.

From Reuters • Sep. 14, 2015

Gov. John Kitzhaber invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act so the state fire marshal can mobilize resources to protect homes.

From Washington Times • Sep. 20, 2014

The Speedwell Boys on Motor Cycles or The Mystery of a Great Conflagration The lads were poor, but they did a rich man a great service and he presented them with their motor cycles.

From Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School by Chapman, Allen




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