Re:Peat fires continue to burn at air temperature of -50C in...
by Retric on Thursday January 28, 2021 @03:22AM
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The point is propagation speed. A burning tree surrounded by acres of burning trees is largely irrelevant at that point. It might happen to produce spark that travels miles, but that’s relatively rare. Which is why firebreaks can be useful.
That is, in many ways, precisely what makes it a wildfire, rather than a smouldering ember.
In the limit - when a fire is dying out - then I guess, for sure, changing the fuel temperature can sap a larger part of the energy budget.