to burn
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Shop owner Rehan Faisal recounted how it only took about "five to seven minutes" for everything to "burn before our eyes".
From BBC
They were trying to create a firebreak, a buffer zone like the bald where there would be nothing for the wildfires to burn.
From Literature
“The house isn’t going to burn down, Akira,” he said.
From Literature
Akira looked at the ground, where brittle leaves and pine needles were ready and waiting to burn.
From Literature
A wildfire was never going to burn these trees down, and her father knew it.
From Literature
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