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  • Then I really got a good look at the still-burning remains of Mabila, realized what I was seeing . . . smelling.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • Mr. Borcina then poured the still-burning ashes into a bag he placed in a trash can toward the back of the home, officials said.

    Fireplace Embers Blamed Shelly Banjo 2011

  • — Ideal wildfire conditions developed across the southern plains as rainfall encouraged rapid plant growth, followed by drought and hot weather to launch still-burning fires consuming millions of acres.

    Weather records, and Americans, battered by spring 2011

  • Then I really got a good look at the still-burning remains of Mabila, realized what I was seeing . . . smelling.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • It was clear what had happened: One of them had dropped a match or a cigarette butt or a still-burning ember into the scrap bin.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • It was clear what had happened: One of them had dropped a match or a cigarette butt or a still-burning ember into the scrap bin.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • The charred hulk of a car stood in front of a still-burning home that sent plumes of black smoke into the air.

    Libyan fighters battle in key loyalist town 2011

  • The charred hulk of a car stood in front of a still-burning home that sent plumes of black smoke into the air.

    Official: Gadhafi's son al-Saadi flees to Niger 2011

  • It was clear what had happened: One of them had dropped a match or a cigarette butt or a still-burning ember into the scrap bin.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • - In the event of a complete meltdown, the still-burning hot nuclear fuel could drip to the floor of the reactor.

    What is a Nuclear Meltdown? 2011

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