![]() In 2007, there were 27 fires costing over $10 million whose total suppression cost approached $547 million, exclusive of burned area emergency rehabilitation costs. In terms of scale, the 2007 fire season was second only to last year in acres burned and costs expended. By the time it was fully contained, the fire had burned an estimated 198,000 acres and damaged or destroyed more than 1200 homes and 500 outbuildings.” One of the most devastating fires in recent history was the $1 billion Witch Creek Wildfire that decimated vast parts of San Diego County, California, in October 2007. “Increasingly destructive wildfires are ravaging homes and businesses in more than three-fourths of the states. In the 2003–2004 wildfire sieges, CAL FIRE’s fire suppression costs exceeded $252.3 million property damage costs exceeded $974 million 5394 structures were destroyed and more than 23 people lost their lives as a result of California wildfires. ![]() This may then lead to feeding the fire flame, thus becoming “crown fire.” Mostly, at this stage, the fire becomes uncontrollable, and the damage to the landscape may become excessive and could last for a very long time depending on prevailing weather conditions and the terrain. The initial stage of ignition is normally referred to as “surface fire” stage. ![]() The fire ignition may be caused through human actions or by natural reasons. Among other consequences of forest fires are long-term disastrous effects such as impacts on local weather patterns, global warming and extinction of rare species of the flora and fauna.įorests are vast remote abandoned areas, full of highly combustible material with dry leaves and branches to the Earth surface composites, where these are perfect to act as a fuel source for fire ignition and later fire stages. The result is irreparable damage to the atmosphere and environment, where 30% of CO 2 in the atmosphere produced by forest fires. ![]() Unfortunately, the forest fire is usually only observed when it has already spread over a large area, making its control and stoppage arduous and even impossible at times. ![]() Forests play a vital role in maintaining the Earth’s ecological balance. ![]()
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