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Chief Deputy Brannon Eagar of the Apache County Sheriff's Office said poor air quality and back-burn operations could delay the lifting of evacuation orders until Monday.
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Chief Deputy Brannon Eagar of the Apache County Sheriff's Office said poor air quality and back-burn operations could delay the lifting of evacuation orders until Monday.
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Chief Deputy Brannon Eagar of the Apache County Sheriff's Office said poor air quality and back-burn operations could delay the lifting of evacuation orders until Monday.
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Chief Deputy Brannon Eagar of the Apache County Sheriff's Office said poor air quality and back-burn operations could delay the lifting of evacuation orders until Monday.
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"There's some out-of-the-gate speculation that it could be from the fishing community, or the animal rights community, doing some sort of back-burn on the issue, blowing it up by sacrificing a few sea lions as a means to an end," Hudson said.
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If people keep this up, there's going to be blowback, or, as a fireman told me today, a captain told me today, you're going to have a back-burn.
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So often the rain is early and puts out the smaler back-burn fire.
I knew I could rely on my friends. reynardo 2003
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The fire guys informed me that they'd had a perfect back-burn (where they start another fire in front of the main blaze and the two join up and the big one can't now cross the newly-burnt patch).
I knew I could rely on my friends. reynardo 2003
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Before the CFA had formed, Norm had gathered a few men together to back-burn as the notorious
Star News Group 2010
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Even dessert brings complexity: red chili appearing as a tinge of back-burn on the tongue with the crème brulee, and dried blueberries and cranberries and almonds in the chocolate paté
Colorado Springs Independent Matthew Schniper 2009
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