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fire area

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noun

  1. any area of a building that is enclosed by fire-resistant partitions.


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“Most of the fire area is like this, where it would have killed a few of the seedlings and saplings but basically almost nothing else,” Hanson said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

The city targeted the shelters for cleanup because they are in a high-risk fire area, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2025

Geological Survey, a rainstorm that delivers a peak 15-minute rainfall intensity of 1.57 inches per hour would have an 80% to 100% chance of generating debris flows across much of the Eaton fire area.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2025

The study shows that the Palisades fire area has the highest proportion of LEP Asians, followed by those living in the Eaton evacuation zone, where a large segment of the Asian population is located.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2025

Thousands of those that escaped from the fire area and tried to cross back on the pontoons were caught and destroyed, a-midstream, by fire floods that roared down the oil-spread Susquehanna.

From The Conquest of America A Romance of Disaster and Victory by Moffett, Cleveland