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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

“FireGuard does not pick up spot fires caused by ember cast or downed power lines, so it is important this tool is used in conjunction with other tools to increase situational awareness,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025

Some residents in Rainham believe an ember from the fires on Arnolds Field might have started that blaze.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025

I take his spoon, fish out an ember from our fire, and send him on his way.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

O’Brien said investigators determined that the blazes were “actually one continuous fire,” with embers surviving in underground roots before powerful winds brought them back to the surface.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 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

"Our facilities and infrastructure for firefighting are very limited," he told AFP, standing on the smouldering embers of a peatland fire separated from a residential settlement by a narrow dirt road.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

As a child, Kusama experienced hallucinations of embers and flashing – later using her art as a vehicle for others to understand her vision of the world.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

But a grizzly could have knocked it over, scattering glowing embers, bits of wood that could ignite a fire.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis