Forest Fires56
Forest Fires56
Forest Fires56
The fire in the Amazon rainforest during 2019-21 razed millions of acres of
the world’s largest tropical forest.
Forest fires
Forest fires can be defined as any uncontrolled and non-prescribed combustion
or burning of plants in a natural setting such as a forest, grassland, brushland,
or tundra, which consumes the natural fuels and spreads based on
environmental conditions (e.g., wind, topography).
Fuel, Oxygen, and heat sources help the spreading of wildfires:
In tropical forests, local and indigenous communities have used fire for ages
to clear land for agriculture.
Crown fires
Surface fires
They burn only surface litter like dried leaves, twigs, and grasses.
These are the easiest fires to put out and cause the least damage to
the forest.
Parched grass or fallen leaves often fuel surface fires.
Ground fires
Vulnerability
Precautions