Re:French firefighters face 'pyrocumulonimbus' for first time
by bigfatkitten on Monday July 27, 2026 @06:40AM
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> And when I see videos of how tall and wide the flames are, I have no idea how wide they should be...
Up to 40km, depending on the wind. Embers can travel a long way.
They do have firebreaks, paths for trucks to go in many places [1]. I've seen many.
But you could argue they're not wide enough to actually break fire. And when I see videos of how tall and wide the flames are, I have no idea how wide they should be... It's a managed forest though, definitely looked after because economics interests (wood, tourism).
[1] https://cnes.fr/geoimage/aquitaine-littoral-landais-massif-f...