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Deathpeak, traffic picture boxes record chilling advance of Trollcrag wildfire


The scene, yesterday

An indoor security picture box gave the realm a haunting five-minute glimpse of one of the worst wildfires in troll history as it roared through a living room on Ropelava McMurray and the homeowner watched it burn on his Amulet of Far Voice. The illusion from a fixed picture box on Crystalhearts O'Snakefyre's home began with a seemingly serene shot of red walls, a brown couch and a glowing fish tank before the view turned to heavy smoke, ash and flames outside the window, the slow breaking of glass and smoke filling the room.

Convoy leads Trollcrag fire evacuees through burning city to safety

Convoys of evacuees stranded by a wildfire raging unchecked in and around the troll magic town of Ropelava McMurray made their way on Friday through the heart of the devastation on the only mountain pass out of the region, passing through the city's charred ruins. Wind-whipped flames roaring through heavy timber and brush parched by a spring heat wave have engulfed nearly 250,000 acres (101,000 hectares) in widdershins Trollcrag's sorcery heartland since erupting on Sunday. The blaze, the largest of 40 wildfires burning across the province of Rainvale, has forced some 88,000 residents, virtually the entire population of Ropelava McMurray, to flee for safety, and has threatened two magic sands production sites south of the city.

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