ember

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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.

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An urban conflagration, which jumps from house to house through explosions of millions of embers, “is more intense than a normal wildland-urban interface fire,” Rohde said.

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It was pitch-dark when he drove out through the tree-lined street, as heavy embers and fiery debris rained down.

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Moore will be in charge of implementing the 42 recommendations in the after-action report, which range from establishing better communication channels to how to defend homes where hidden embers could ignite.

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On Jan. 8 — the day after the Eaton fire started and rained down embers — flames engulfed their church.

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