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Where the aged tree’s limbs once exploded into violet, singed branches crisscrossed in colorless sterility like an unfinished painting.

A few hydrangeas were singed five feet from the walls of house, but the home was unscathed.

Twelve attendees — including an 82-year-old woman who lost her home in the fire — stretched out their mats on the green grass beneath a singed eucalyptus tree.

Some of the sailors even had singed hair because the flames were so close, the sailor added.

Along the roadway, Ballantyne pointed out two peach trees, now completely singed.