mopping

"We are rather tired after a hectic night of frantic mopping," she said.

It’s allowed the team to begin reducing its size and mopping up the fire — ensuring no hot spots or smoldering embers remain on the scorched landscape to restart a blaze.

Even basic house cleaning, like scrubbing a bathtub or mopping a floor, can qualify as moderate exercise.

Cleanup measures included changing air filters, mopping, sweeping and dusting.

It’s more typical for rekindling to happen when firefighters are still on scene mopping up, allowing them to get control of it quickly, Muschetto said.