smouldering

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Prosecutors posted images of the smouldering carriage on social media, which regional emergency services later said had been extinguished.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

AFP journalists joined a military-organised press tour through the smouldering wreckage of two former labs south of the town of Hsipaw in northeastern Shan state.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

Aerial video from the scene showed charred debris, smouldering vehicles and little remaining of the facility, which is owned by Accurate Energetic Systems.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

Rescue workers were clambering over the rubble – some of it was still smouldering.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025

He stood in the midst of the temple with the other crewmembers, his face covered in soot, his clothes smouldering.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan