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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

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

The ember cast transformed what started as a wildfire into a full-blown urban conflagration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

India Today magazine called the film a "dead ember".

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025

The bonfire’s curling cage sits empty, not even a smoldering ember remains.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

In the 19th century, locomotives threw off hot embers that set nearby fields and barns ablaze.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia start as a tiny spark, sending embers to land on random, unsuspecting people,” Tan writes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 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

He spat on his hands, then he split open the hot clay and smelled the sweet flesh of the hedgehog, which had cooked, slowly, in the embers, as he had slept.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman