ember

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

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

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

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025

The fire, which I’d thought was pretty much out, suddenly crackled before spitting a large ember my way.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

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

Wind could then carry flames and embers beyond the immediate area of the original fire, he explained.

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

My habitual mood of humiliation, self-doubt, forlorn depression, fell damp on the embers of my decaying ire.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë