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conflagration

[kon-fluh-gray-shuhn] / ˌkɒn fləˈgreɪ ʃən /


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As of Friday afternoon that conflagration was at 147 acres and 17 percent contained, according to the state's Cal Fire agency.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Out-of-service utility infrastructure managed by Southern California Edison started the deadly conflagration in January 2025 that killed 19 people and destroyed much of Altadena, according to firefighters’ official investigation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

And they engaged knowing that, if they failed, there was the option to keep fighting – whatever the spiralling pain for their own people and a world reeling from the cost of this conflagration.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

Blankfein said he was concerned that the lack of a recent financial market shakeout made the dangers of another conflagration all the greater.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026

What would have been a minor fizzle in Earth's atmosphere became an uncontrolled conflagration in the container's pure oxygen environment.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir


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