Differentiating "to do a burnout" and "burning tyres"
烧胎 is a technical term understood by motor-sports enthusiasts as a burnout. If you are really burning tyres, you would need to say 烧轮胎 instead:


  昨天晚上我在停车场烧轮胎。


A translation for your news clipping example would be:


  [学生]无法去上学......因为道路被石头和燃烧着的轮胎给封锁了。


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