Los Angeles Southern California is a fire-prone area.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Firefighter Day | Mind on Fire] Reference

People should not be building homes in these fire-prone areas.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2007] Reference

We can't have unrestrained wildland areas in a dry, fire-prone area.    From Wordnik.com.  [Give Us a Break] Reference

Entries into houses must not terminate in explosion or fire-prone rooms.    From Wordnik.com.  [5. Fundamentals of installation engineering] Reference

Those living next to fire-prone vegetation need to fire-proof their dwellings.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

In early 2006 a real-estate agent showed him the house, with dying, fire-prone trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [As California Neighborhood Burned,] Reference

They are in effect subsidizing the fire-prone houses, so they will choose not to buy insurance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trapped in the New 'You're on Your Own' World] Reference

Goats are a good non-petroleum-fueled way to clear brush from fire-prone parks and open spaces.    From Wordnik.com.  [My America] Reference

Prairie was most extensive on fire-prone sites with moisture deficient soils derived from shale.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecoregions of Oklahoma (EPA)] Reference

When will we learn that building homes in fire-prone zones is an American delusion, not a dream.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nathan Gardels: The Flames of Nemesis] Reference

Logging had transformed the fire-resistant primary forest into a degraded and fire-prone landscape.    From Wordnik.com.  [Borneo lowland rain forests] Reference

The realistic philosophy is to "live with fire" in fire-prone areas rather than try to eliminate it.    From Wordnik.com.  [australian bushfires analysis] Reference

You're hearing more about the weather and the fact that people are moving into these fire-prone areas.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2007] Reference

Even if you don't live on a shore line, or a drought place, or a fire-prone region in the United States.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2007] Reference

This is where people are building their houses in the woods where, you know, it's a very fire-prone area.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2008] Reference

But in recent decades development has soared, with expensive homes and condos being built in fire-prone areas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Where Wildfires] Reference

It grows on dry fire-prone slopes, limestone hills, and volcanic blast areas from low elevations to about 1,000 m.    From Wordnik.com.  [8. Recommendations and Research Needs] Reference

But recently, the spread of housing into fire-prone regions has turned the threat into a nearly year-round problem.    From Wordnik.com.  [California Firefighters' Mission Is Far From Local] Reference

The dipterocarp/deciduous mixed forests provide a similarly wide range but in drier fire-prone areas with sandy soils.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dong Phayayan Khao-Yai Forest Complex, Thailand] Reference

There have been some evacuations in some fire-prone areas where you have a lot of the vegetation that's completely gone.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 26, 2008] Reference

Many rural areas in Australia may be more fire-prone than before -- a phenomenon some scientists attribute to climate change.    From Wordnik.com.  [Australia Fires Point to Risks of Shifting Population] Reference

Ironically, local residents say, these woods have become even more fire-prone because of the lack of logging to thin them out.    From Wordnik.com.  [First It Takes, Then It Gives] Reference

Using satellite data, the goal is to assess moisture content and the proportion of live vs. dead vegetation in fire-prone areas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Progress in California Fires] Reference

In well-drained areas, this vegetation is generally fire-prone and includes shrub species such as Philippia benguelensis, Erica spp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angolan montane forest-grassland mosaic] Reference

You're hearing a lot more about the forces of nature, like the weather, and the fact that people are moving in to these fire-prone areas.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2007] Reference

Even as the region prepares to better fight fires, it must grapple with another issue: how to rebuild in areas that are clearly fire-prone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Progress in California Fires] Reference

People shouldn't be living in this fire-prone area.    From Wordnik.com.  [NBC San Diego - News Top Stories] Reference

Apple hit with class action suit over fire-prone MagSafe adapters.    From Wordnik.com.  [AppleInsider] Reference

"We are in one of the most fire-prone parts of the state," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Star News Group] Reference

How could we not, living as we do in fire-prone Southern California?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Orange County Metblogs] Reference

Some 40 per cent of the earth's land is covered with fire-prone vegetation.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Growing up next door to fire-prone areas, I have a special appreciation for fire fighters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Columbia Spectator - News, sports, and entertainment coverage for the Morningside Heights community in New York City.] Reference

Victorians in fire-prone districts ahead of his government's fate at the November 27 state election.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

We're the ones who build our homes on fault lines and in flood plains and in fire-prone forests and on fragile beaches.    From Wordnik.com.  [News & Politics] Reference

As if on cue, Mother Nature reminds us that in a dry and fire-prone state such as ours, it is the Santa Barbara Independent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Calitics - Front Page] Reference

The FRD is increasing surveillance and patrol in fire-prone areas in all districts and stand ready to combat any major fire outbreak.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brudirect News1] Reference

Recognized often as one of the more fire-prone areas across the nation, Central Oregon continues to submit applications for this funding.    From Wordnik.com.  [KTVZ.com - Local Headlines] Reference