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Some published results for the rates of burning of cribs of wood sticks are used to obtain maximum rates of burning per unit area of wood surface. The seven available results are listed with geometrical properties of the cribs and pursuing a suggestion of Emmons, the peak burning rates are shown to be related to a geometrical parameter of the cribs. This however is consistent with more than one explanation and in view of the limited number of results it cannot be regarded as established.