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Barry Point Fire progress map. The Forest Service originally reported the final size of the fire to be 93,071 acres (376.64 km 2). [21] That was later modified to 92,845 acres (375.73 km 2). Most of the burned area was Federal land. However, forest lands belonging to the State of Oregon, and various private owners were also burned. [25]
The Chinchaga fire, also known as the Wisp fire, Chinchaga River fire and Fire 19, [1] was a forest fire that burned in northern British Columbia and Alberta in the summer and early fall of 1950. With a final size of between 1,400,000 and 1,700,000 hectares (3,500,000 and 4,200,000 acres), it is the single largest recorded fire in North ...
A wildfire burning along the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Englewood Cliffs, which started overnight Thursday into Friday, was 75% contained after spreading over 39 acres, the fire service said ...
The N.C. Forest Service issued a ban on open burning for 14 WNC counties while the area is under air quality alerts due to smoke from growing fires.
Wildfire burning in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona, United States, in 2020.The Mangum Fire burned more than 70,000 acres (280 km 2) of forest.. A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation.
Back burning or a back fire is the term given to the process of lighting vegetation in such a way that it has to burn against the prevailing wind. This produces a slower moving and more controllable fire. Controlled burns utilize back burning during planned fire events to create a "black line" where fire cannot burn through.
It is difficult to determine when a forest fire is started by a coal-seam fire, or vice versa. [6] The most common cause of forest fires and haze in Indonesia is intentional burning of forest to clear land for plantation crops of pulp wood, rubber and palm oil. No accurate count of coal-seam fires has been completed in Indonesia.