When firefighters are battling a wildfire, they will attempt to slow the fire's advance by creating a fireline. What is this?

Answer A linear area scraped down to the soil and cleared of vegetation

A fireline or fire break is a linear area scraped down to the soil and cleared of vegetation ahead of the conflagration so that the approaching wildfire will not have fuel to advance.

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