Sentence examples for sheltered from fire from inspiring English sources

The slope communities are more sheltered from fire, frost and drought but are more susceptible to human expansion.

The crew was sheltered from direct fire, but vulnerable to plunging fire, for instance from shore emplacements.

No evidence has yet been released to indicate whether these people were actively defending their homes or passively sheltering from the fire.

Hadiya Pendleton was attacked by a gunman who opened fire on her and friends as they sheltered from rain in a city park.

"But sheltered from what?

Too many businessmen are sheltered from competition.

"It's sheltered from wave action.

They should also be sheltered from wind.

Confused and curious men spilled out onto the street from their homes where many had been sheltering from the artillery fire and mortar rounds that had earlier rocked the city.

3 44 p.m.: This post was updated to include an update on the fire damage and accounts from the shelters and from fire survivors.

Winds reached speeds of 40 mph overnight, but the steep canyons east of the 405 Freeway worked in firefighters' favor, sheltering the fire from the strongest gusts and preventing embers from sparking new spot fires, said Los Angeles Fire Department Assistant Chief Armando Hogan.