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Shawn Tyrie, a partner with McChrystal Group, acknowledged Tuesday that the satellite images they used don’t provide a “definitive picture,” particularly in cases with extreme wind, ember cast and smoke.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025
India Today magazine called the film a "dead ember".
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025
Some residents in Rainham believe an ember from the fires on Arnolds Field might have started that blaze.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025
They designed it with the Orange County Fire Authority to be ready for an ember storm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2025
I contemplated my chances and fanned a dim ember of hope in my heart as I sat in the sun, reeking like a giant match.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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
"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
Ultimately the behaviour of a fire depended on a combination of factors, including wind, heat, embers, available fuel and the layout of individual homes, he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
He sat back and looked at the glowing red embers at the base of the fire.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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