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When embers float from home to home on a crowded street, there’s no way to create fire lines to interrupt the flames.
—Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Public Information Officer said in a recent update that the blaze's forward progress has been stopped but there is 0 percent containment, meaning secure fire lines around the perimeter have not yet been established.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
All morning, firefighting helicopters and airplanes dropped water and fire retardant on fire lines not far from the 405 Freeway in an attempt to prevent flames from engulfing more neighborhoods.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
The department says inmates work cutting fire lines and removing fuel from behind structures to help slow fires' spread.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1901, in the meaning defined above
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“Fire line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20line. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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