Definitions
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- noun a
controlled fire, lit in the path of awildfire , in order todeprive it ofcombustible material. - verb To light a fire for this reason.
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Examples
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Fire crews are continuing to backburn at The Cape, near Charters Towers, and expect to have that fire contained by this afternoon.
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Fire crews are continuing to backburn at The Cape, near Charters Towers, and expect to have that fire contained by this afternoon.
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"Instead, 34 people died in Marysville on February 7, including a number of people in Kings Road, metres from the backburn where fire crews had been situated."
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CFA member Dave Tree had found her injured within a controlled backburn in Gippsland days before Black Saturday.
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Counsel assisting the commission Peter Rozen said people who lived metres from where a fire crew was carrying out a backburn in Kings Road were among the 34 people who died in the February 7 inferno.
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Sam was filmed the week before Black Saturday drinking water from Mr Tree's bottle after being injured during a controlled backburn in Gippsland.
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CFA member Dave Tree had found her injured within a controlled backburn in Gippsland days before Black Saturday.
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CFA member Dave Tree had found her injured within a controlled backburn in Gippsland days before Black Saturday.
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CFA member Dave Tree had found her injured within a controlled backburn in Gippsland days before Black Saturday.
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CFA member Dave Tree had found her injured within a controlled backburn in Gippsland days before Black Saturday.
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