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Stationary mass fire, generally in built-up urban areas, generating strong, inrushing winds from all sides; the winds keep the fires from spreading while adding fresh oxygen to increase their intensity.

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firestorm problems			NATURE''S FURY: FIRE STORM STV 8pm In the third and final programme in the series, filmmaker Chris Terrill (above) visits California during the fire season. PICK OF THE DAY by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Byline: By ANDREW GREGORY A BRITISH survivor last night told how she became trapped in a field with the fire storm just 500 metres away - when her boyfriend swooped by in his car. Trapped Brit: My fire terror; EXCLUSIVE by The Mirror (London, England) The fire storm tore through several towns north of Melbourne on Saturday night, killing people in their cars as they tried to flee or as they huddled in their homes. Australian bushfires kill 76 by Independent Television News Limited (ITN)			fire opal Fire ordeal Fire pan fire pink fire pit fire plan Fire plug Fire policy Fire pot fire power fire prevention Fire raft fire raiser fire regulations fire retardant fire risk Fire roll fire salamander fire sale fire screen Fire setting fire ship Fire shovel fire station Fire stink fire storm fire support fire support area fire support coordinating measure fire support coordination fire support coordination center fire support coordination line fire support element fire support group fire support officer fire support station fire support team Fire surface Fire swab Fire teaser fire thorn fire tongs fire tower fire trail fire trap fire tree fire trench fire truck Fire tube fire up fire walker			Fire signal Fire signal Fire signals Fire signals Fire Snake Fire Snake Fire Snake fire someone with expectations Fire sprinkler Fire Sprinkler Riser Fire sprinkler system Fire sprinkler system fire sprinkling system fire stair Fire Standards Compliant Cigarette fire standpipe fire standpipe fire standpipe system Fire Star fire station fire station fire station Fire Station Building Committee Fire stations Fire stations Fire Statute Fire stink fire stone Fire Stone Home Products fire stop fire storm fire superiority Fire Support Fire Support Fire Support Fire Support Ada Conversion Fire Support and Combined Arms Fire Support and Combined Arms Operations Department fire support area fire support area Fire Support Armaments Center Fire Support Attack System Analysis Fire Support Automated Test System Fire support base Fire support base Fire Support Battery Fire Support Cell Fire Support Center Fire Support Combined Arms Tactical Trainer Fire Support Command and Control Fire Support Command and Control System Fire Support Command, Control, and Communications/Coordination Fire Support Control System Fire Support Control Terminal fire support coordinating measure fire support coordination fire support coordination center fire support coordination center Fire Support Coordination Centre Fire Support Coordination Element

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