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Type: Conference Paper
Publication Date: 1969
The Sundance Fire and its impressive run were not due to any new phenomena but the combination of several important factors. Extremely dry fuels and favourable weather conditions existed at the time; the atmospheric winds increased steadily thorughout the day, and the fire did not start from a point source but advanced on a 4-mile front. The fuel types were capable of generating numerous firebrands, which led to mass fire behaviour and fire storm characteristics in some areas. The intensity was demonstrated by the extensive blowdown and thoroughness of burnout.
Citation: Anderson, H. E. 1969. A mass fire in coniferous timber under severe burning conditions, Mass Fire Symposium. Canberra, Australia. Defence Standards Laboratories,Maribyrnong, Victoria.
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Keywords:
- catastrophic fires
- coniferous forests
- droughts
- energy
- fire case histories
- fire intensity
- fire whirls
- firebrands
- fuel types
- humidity
- Idaho
- lightning caused fires
- rate of spread
- statistical analysis
- temperature
- wind
- windthrows
Tall Timbers Record Number: 7931 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: Fire File • Abstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
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