Many of the trees in the area have survived countless fires in the past, but the brush around many of them is unusually thick and could flare up to unmanageable levels, fire officials said.
See: October 8, 2005 - Fires flare up in Portugal and Spain for a view from MODIS.
Even now, fires still flare up in the city.
Sporadic fighting continues in isolated pockets of the city, while residents fear sniper-fire and attacks could flare up around them again at any time.
A few hours ago, in the early evening dark, I stood on the 6th of October Bridge and saw fires flaring up out of burning vehicles, arcs of red tracer from fired blanks, the whoosh and tumbling bounce of white-plumed tear gas, streaks of light made by Molotov cocktails, the crackling sparks of tasers, and revolving blue ambulance light.
By Wendell Steavenson October 9, 2011 A few hours ago, in the early evening dark, I stood on the 6th of October Bridge and saw fires flaring up out of burning vehicles, arcs of red tracer from fired blanks, the whoosh and tumbling bounce of white-plumed tear gas, streaks of light made by Molotov cocktails, the crackling sparks of tasers, and revolving blue ambulance light.
Individual passages flare up with a visionary economy: He walked in a circle around the dying fire.
Their turkey nowadays is a relatively uninspired "fire chicken", for its face's tendency to flare up shades of red, white and blue.
Some scientists claim that based on past el Niño trends, the fires could flare up again this year, this time in the easternmost parts of the country.
But the original argument will flare up a few minutes later, like a fire in a garbage dump.
The fire can flare up when exposed to too much oxygen.
