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- Wildfires - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How do they start? Wildfires are uncontrollable fires that burn on wild vegetation, grassland, the savanna, and other places. There are different types of wildfires such as surface and crown fires. Surfaces are fueled by smaller plants, twigs, shrubs, or leaves that have fallen onto the ground. Crown fires are at the tops of trees, those fires usually start off as surface fires and have climbed up. Wildfires can start for numerous reasons. The different types of fuel present in the area will drastically change the severity of the fire. If it has more dense objects (corse fuel) the fire will burn for a longer period of time and it's much hotter, the opposite is said if it has fine fuels like twigs it will burn quickly. If fuel objects are spaced around the fire has better access to spread quickly, unlike if all the fuel was tight packed, it w

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