burnable

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Brian K. Rice, president of the California Professional Firefighters union, also expressed dismay, noting that nearly half of the state is federal land, including “some of the wildest, most burnable areas of our state.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

Question marks dot the landscape of burnable bushes and pushable boulders, with entire regions left unrevealed.

From New York Times • May 13, 2023

“Use good judgment and don’t light a fire close to burnable vegetation or overhanging branches,” Starkovich said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2022

A statistically significant decline in such nights happened in 59% of burnable lands worldwide.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 16, 2022

He went off to drag charred masses of burnable stuff from the burned-out first forest fire.

From Operation: Outer Space by Leinster, Murray