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Conclude not a single blazing thing! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inferno

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'a single blazing thing' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to natural events as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'conclude not' is the wordplay.
'conclude' becomes 'infer' (inferring is a kind of concluding).
'not' becomes 'no' (negative).
'infer'+'no'='INFERNO'

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(Other definitions for inferno that I've seen before include "A raging fire as in hell - ask Dante" , "Terrible fire" , "A raging fire like hell" , "Fierce fire" , "Where Satan lives and sinners go" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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