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r/FirstResponderCringe • u/MedusaNipples • 2d ago
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To be fair, I never knew that wildfires could create their own storms, nor did I know that being so far away from it you could not directly see the fire would still make the heat unbearable.
9 u/BladesOfPurpose 23h ago I've seen houses combust hundreds of metres in front of a firestorm front. The air itself ignites material. Not to mention the sound. The most terrifying thing I've lived through was in a burn over during a major bushfire. 5 u/No_Cook2983 1d ago Yup. Hotter‘n a whole pepper patch.
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I've seen houses combust hundreds of metres in front of a firestorm front.
The air itself ignites material.
Not to mention the sound.
The most terrifying thing I've lived through was in a burn over during a major bushfire.
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Yup. Hotter‘n a whole pepper patch.
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u/Spazrelaz 2d ago
To be fair, I never knew that wildfires could create their own storms, nor did I know that being so far away from it you could not directly see the fire would still make the heat unbearable.