How It Happens | Forest Fires

Fuel, oxygen and heat combine to start wildfires, which destroy millions of acres each year in the United States. [Source]

Publication Date: Thursday, 15 May 2014 at 20:18:22

Origin: nytimes.com

Category: Wildfires

Topics: States, United, acres, millions, destroy, which, wildfires, start, combine, oxygen, Fires, Forest, Happens

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000002861324/the-science-behind-forest-fires.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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