 Strong winds help spread fires |
| In the summer of 1988, however, such techniques were often not effective because the fires spread quickly across long distances by “spotting.” Spotting is caused by strong winds carrying and depositing flaming embers that would then begin burning in new places separate from the main fire. These spot fires were sometimes as much as one and a half miles away from the main burn and made the widest bulldozer lines useless. The fires jumped rivers, roads, and even the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River! | ||
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