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As flames encroached on Station 66 at 7:06 p.m., firefighters asked for backup.

Deputies had worked through the night, on streets lit only by the menacing glow of encroaching flames.

The encroaching threat of step-grandma’s bigoted “traditional values” is fair enough.

Some argue that humans exacerbated the problem by encroaching into the tigers' natural habitats, using the land for cultivation or infrastructure and reducing the big cats' prey-base.

As the inferno swelled, flames encroached on some areas that were being considered for water shutoffs.