as in fires
a destructive burning
the intense heat of the raging inferno repeatedly drove back the firefighters
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fires
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They were doomed to perish in the fires of hell.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026 -
Another recent study that looked at five major wildfires in California from the last decade, not including the 2025 Eaton and Palisades fires, found that 20% of homes with significant vegetation in Zone Zero survived, compared to 37% of homes that had cleared the vegetation.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Infernos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infernos. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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