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So, he explained, "when there's an ignition we see these really large-scale, persistent burning where these fires can burn for weeks and weeks at a time through summer."

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

Still, vegetation is relatively dry as the region heads into its peak fire season, and any ignition could quickly take off, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

The residues are sorted, ground and mixed with a maceration of gum arabic to facilitate ignition, and with clay to slow combustion.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

Each person had a specific task, from hand-carrying the ignition devices into the EU, to supplying cars.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026

Before the road starts carrying cars to Saturday shopping and work, I turn the key in the ignition and crank the heat up until I figure out what to tell Dad.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

Or it could lead to a dry-thunderstorm outbreak, with lightning that could cause multiple wildfire ignitions, as took place in 2020 in Central and Northern California with the remnants of Tropical Storm Fausto.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026

For starters, there’s just not a lot of scientific evidence demonstrating which techniques effectively limit ignitions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025

Second: Techniques to prevent fire ignitions in the first place, such as deploying arson watch teams on high-wind days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025

Efforts to manage excess vegetation in fire-risk areas, as well as advances in preventing ignitions, fire detection and fire fighting could help reduce the number and severity fires in future.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025

The other two sets were still in the ignitions, but the first two were missing.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen