Sentence examples for back burning from inspiring English sources

We drove to where two young firefighters were strengthening a containment line by back burning — starting a controlled fire that would burn back toward an approaching fire front, depriving it of fuel.

The front heading into the stone country had been controlled and back burning operations were being undertaken in and around Nourlangie Rock.

Incident controller Mark Gunning said crews spent the past few days working on back burning around the Mt Difficult range near Halls Gap and strengthening containment lines.

Ladyhawke have great ideas and a terrific lack of irony/self-awareness not heard since Now That's What I Call Music Vol 2. Parts of the album helped me glimpse the winter mornings of my schooldays, me with cold toast and syrup, back burning against a radiator, while Pat Benatar's Tropico drilled a hole in my youth.

On far too many occasions, more extremist right wing groups have taken to striking back: burning mosques, painting swastikas on Muslims' homes, and committing similar acts of hate.

Weinhold (2011) listed multiple compounds from wildfires, back burning, and incinerated buildings, but listed only four elements: potassium, chlorine, sulfur, and silicon.

Stronger-than-expected southerly winds hampered efforts on Friday, but the conditions eased and firefighters began back-burning behind homes in the area shortly after 11pm, the spokeswoman said.

NSW Rural Fire Service RFSspokesmanMatt Sun Sun told the ABC that crews had been back-burning around the main fire and residents have been warned to be on alert in case it increases in intensity as it burns uphill towards Florabella Street.

To produce hydrogen takes substantially more energy than one can get back by burning it.

Christine O'Donnell had better hope they don't bring back witch burning.

To try to increase my pain, I imagine that my lower back is burning.