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The ember threat

Wildfire threatens homes in three ways: contact by flames,

radiated heat, and embers. More houses burn due to embers than any

other cause. If fire conditions are right, embers can be lofted high into the

air and transported more than a mile. Embers can also be carried by wind

and fire whirls. If embers land in easily ignitable materials, such as dried

grass, fallen leaves, wood shake roofs, and dead branches, a new fire can

start.

Embers landed in some dried weeds and shrubs and

started a fire that threatened this house.

Photo by Cat Allison, The Nevada Appeal

REDUCE THE FIRE HAZARD ∙ PART 1

More houses burn due to embers than any other cause.