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Human-caused fires are also responsible for 97% of wildfires that threaten homes. People often start wildfires through dangerous actions, including open burning, campfires, firearms and equipment use.
Coal-seam fire instances on Earth date back several million years. [2] [3] Due to thermal insulation and the avoidance of rain/snow extinguishment by the crust, underground coal-seam fires are the most persistent fires on Earth and can burn for thousands of years, like Burning Mountain in Australia. [4]
Smoke streaming from fires burning near Manaus, capital city of Brazil’s Amazonas state, on October 11, 2023. Date(s) January–December 2023: Season;
Wildfire prevention programs around the world may employ techniques such as wildland fire use (WFU) and prescribed or controlled burns. [120] [121] Wildland fire use refers to any fire of natural causes that is monitored but allowed to burn. Controlled burns are fires ignited by government agencies under less dangerous weather conditions. [122]
Cal Fire started responding to more wildfires in late May, a spokesperson said. What’s causing all these fires? SLO County off to an early start to the season
The longer fire seasons are due to the increased heat and length of summer and spring, which are the most common seasons for wildfires. [21] These longer seasons also start earlier due to the loss of snowpack during the winter causing less moisture in summer soil making it better fuel for wildfires. [22]
1985 forest fires burnt 105,000 hectares with the worst affected being around Kavala in eastern Macedonia and Thasos Island in the north Aegean. [11] 2000 forest fires were the worst forest fires to date and included the island of Samos in east Aegean and at Mount Mainalon and eastern Corinthia in the Peloponnese. The burnt area was 167,000 ...
These fires were typically controlled burns or "cool fires", as opposed to uncontrolled "hot fires", which damage the soil. Hot fires destroy plants and animals, and endanger communities. [ 21 ] This is especially a problem in the forests of today where traditional burning is prevented in order to encourage the growth of timber crops.