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A non-combustible perimeter using materials like gravel, free of plants, wooden decks and furniture, to stop windblown ember ignitions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
A non-combustible perimeter using materials like gravel or hardscaping—free of plants, wooden decks and wooden outdoor furniture—to stop windblown ember ignitions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
He stayed in his truck outside the affordable senior complex, trying to keep an eye on things: warding off looters, putting out ember flare-ups, responding to flooding when the building’s sprinklers finally burst back on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
India Today magazine called the film a "dead ember".
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025
Rumsey closed with an appeal for nurturing the artistic temperament in young and old alike, “to stoke that Apollonian ember in all mortal beings.”
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Clasby had stayed behind and put out embers landing in trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
In the 19th century, locomotives threw off hot embers that set nearby fields and barns ablaze.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The wind could change the direction and speed of a fire, he added, while burning embers could be carried ahead of the main flames and set fire to new areas.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
It is an ideal fuel for buried embers, which can lie dormant until favourable conditions, such as wind and dry weather, allow them to reignite in broad daylight.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
We walked back jubilant that day in the coppery twilight already edged with black, like ashes around dying embers.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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