Bushfire
Smoke
These conditions are, temperature above 27 degrees Celsius, humidity below 22 percent, and the cigarette needs to land in a loose fuel bed.
It also needs to be on a specific angle.
There has to be very specific conditions for a cigarette to start a fire.
Lighting
- Lighting is considered to be the sorce in fires of QLD and NSW
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- Lightening is the most common source is most areas
Campfires
Railway cause
- Most campsites have moved to get away from campfires
- Campsites have made fire rings to hold embers
- If a campfire isn't extinguished right it can be a big fire hazard
Brake failure in trains can throw out a wall of sparks and can hit dry vegetables around the track which creates fuel and starts a fire.
Trains are surprisingly common at starting fires.
Burning carbon embers thrown from train engine exhausts can also start bushfires.
- Charges make up about 10c per lightening strike
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