ember

Experts still disagree over whether homes can be completely fireproofed in a wind-driven ember fire.

Once an ember ignites vegetation near the bottom, the flames can quickly scale both sides and rising heat dries out the vegetation ahead, practically clearing a path for the fire to race through.

“It just takes one ember in a bad spot.”

But he added, “It just takes one ember in a bad spot.”

Each syllable burns like an ember, every word tinged with new possibilities.