Metal Skeleton and Red Paper Remains of a Safety Flare, Washington, D.C.
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Metal Skeleton and Red Paper Remains of a Flare.
The metal infrastructure positions the flare itself, in a vertical manner, allowing flow of oxygen for combustion. The paper is singed, and ring-shaped. Collected nearby Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 2009
(See: Ash from a Flare.)