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conflagration

noun as in large fire

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Just northwest, on the other side of Calabasas, Ventura County Fire Department deployed 500 goats and 100 sheep to eat acres of invasive grasses that are prone to conflagration.

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Still, there is a collective sigh of relief across this region, and around a world pulled passionately into this conflagration more than any other conflict.

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Strong winds brought the embers to the surface, to grow into a deadly conflagration.

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They’re residue of felled trees that burned in the horrific Palisades conflagration.

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But over the last few decades, as blazes penetrate deeper into cities, he’s dealing with a different kind of problem: urban conflagrations.

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