timber
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Drained peatlands, industrial timber estates and oil palm plantations can leave landscapes more vulnerable to burning, with fires often recurring in the same areas.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Political leaders are torn by competing pressures from the timber industry, firefighter unions, businesses and a public stunned by the scale of the threat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Lynda Beam’s father had a casual approach to timber on the family land northwest of Savannah.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
But reducing combustible materials close to buildings - like wood in the form of sheds, decking, even unused timber - could remove some of the fuel a fire needed to spread, Fogarty said.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
During one very hot summer the workmen’s huts caught fire and before it could be put out it had spread to the timber stacked nearby.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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