JnrB, Mon 27 Jul 08:38

I do alot of hill walking and rural walking, you can see where wildfires have been or are actively burning (mostly contained to `small` heather patches)

They are in locations where no human will be so can only be classed as naturally occurring fires in prolonged dry spells.

Not your average Sunday League player.

twin par, Sun 26 Jul 20:16

Disposable barbecues are a nightmare.They take hours to go out naturally,people just walk away a just leave them.

Raymie the Legend, Mon 27 Jul 20:49

Does burnt vegetation eventually recover or is that it ?

Topic Originator: JnrB
Date: Mon 27 Jul 14:31

Google says dry heather is easily combustible and built up organic matter creates its own heat as it decays, with drought and the heat of the sun it can spontaneously combust.

JnrB, Mon 27 Jul 14:31

I don’t know, I’m not an expert on spontaneous combustion. Just saying what I’ve seen over the past few years when out and about in the middle of nowhere. I walked a Munro last year during the early summer drought, from the summit you could see a dozen seperate small wildfires, all in the middle of nowhere which aren’t accessible by humans unless they had walked for pointless miles through heather and undergrowth.

Google says dry heather is easily combustible and built up organic matter creates its own heat as it decays, with drought and the heat of the sun it can spontaneously combust.

Not your average Sunday League player.

Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Tue 28 Jul 08:49

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Perhaps this is the case around forests where photosynthesis is increasing oxygen levels to those required for tinder dry vegetation to burst into flames.