Snow ticked at the Windows, the fire sparked and settled.

大雪拍打着窗户，火仍然在燃烧着。

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With less winter snow on mountains as average temperatures rise, woods in many regions are drying out and becoming ever more vulnerable to fire.

随着冬季平均气温的升高，高山上的雪越来越少，许多地方的林木都几近干枯，越来越容易烧起来。

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Then the Snow Man looked, and saw a bright polished thing with a brazen knob, and fire gleaming from the lower part of it.

于是雪人看呀看，然后看到了一个锃光瓦亮的、有着铜把手的东西，火光正从下面袅袅弥散。

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Law-enforcement agencies had been searching the forest for Mr. Dorner since Thursday, when they discovered his abandoned truck on fire and followed footprints into the snow until they disappeared.

WSJ: Ex-Los Angeles Cop Dorner Believed Barricaded in California Cabin

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the bus was travelling along a hill covered in slush and snow when the vehicle went over the verge and onto an embankment.

BBC: Abercarn Primary School bus slips down embankment

Also, a longtime member of the Worcester Fire Department suffered a heart attack after shoveling snow at his Webster home Saturday and died at a hospital.

WSJ: A state-by-state look at the Northeast snowstorm