Sentence examples for widespread fire from inspiring English sources

A widespread fire - caused by campfires and candlelight used for heat and light - also destroyed the tents belonging to around 180 refugees.

Collectively, these safeguards reduce the possibility of a widespread fire.

Results show that the decades between 1920 and 1940 were characterized by widespread fire activity covering approximately 28% of the study region.

Last year, however, the NRC committee released an interim report that drew widespread fire from researchers and environmentalists; it concluded that there was no scientific evidence that endangered salmon or threatened suckers would benefit (Science, 4 April, p. 36).

An early period of widespread fire from the 1400s to ca. 1650 was followed by a period of reduced area burned from ca. 1650 to ca. 1800, possibly associated with cool climatic conditions.

Reconstructed reference conditions showed that basal area (BA) averaged 9.2 m2 hand and tree density averaged 86.2 trees ha−1 across the site in 1880 prior to widespread fire exclusion, with the highest tree density values occurring at the two upper elevation sites.

In simulations, smoke from widespread fires has been found to reduce the formation of cumulus clouds.

A devastating mile-wide tornado hit the US state of Oklahoma on Monday, flattening neigbourhoods, causing widespread fires and landing a direct hit on an elementary school.

As of Aug. 21., eastern Oregon and eastern Washington state had been spared the kind of widespread fires that have roared across parts of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada.

But human rights groups harshly criticize its use, saying that the horrible burns and the widespread fires that phosphorus causes make it a menace to civilians.

The good news was that few injuries have been reported in the first widespread fires since the fires last fall in Southern California that burned more than 500,000 acres, killed 10 people and injured scores, Cal Fire said.