crown fire

Forest top conflagration

A crown fire is a forest fire that spreads through the tops of trees rather than along the ground.

Crown fires move rapidly, jumping from canopy to canopy, and are among the most dangerous and difficult to control: The crown fire raced ahead of ground crews, consuming everything in its path.

intensity

inferno

Devastating, uncontrollable blaze

conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
roaringMaking prolonged loud noise
searingBrowning with intense heat

blazing · radiant heat · convection · extreme · catastrophic · megafire · firestorm · plume · orange glow · towering flames

behavior

canopy

Overhead protective covering

treetopUppermost branches
spreadingExtending over space
racingSpeed competition sport

torching · spotting · wind-driven · fast-moving · jumping · running · explosive · continuous · advancing · ignition

destructive

devastation

Severe widespread destruction

incinerationBurning waste to ash
deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
consumptionUsing up of resources

annihilation · obliteration · charred · scorched · mortality · snag · burn scar · blackened · killed · loss

Categories

forest damagewildfires, bark beetle, bark beetles, clear cutting, clear-cutting
fire scienceignition, combustion, flames, burning, pyrolysis
fire hazardswildfire, gasoline, matches, lighters, blaze
fire statesablaze, afire, aflame, alight, blazing

Opposites

fire location/stratum

crown fireground fire

Flames burning at soil level

surface fire · peat fire · grass fire

fire state/existence

crown fireextinguished

Made to stop burning

quenched · doused · firebreak

fire intensity/behavior

crown firecontrolled burn

Intentional fire for land management

prescribed burn

Family

crown, fire, crowns, crowned, crowning, fires, fired, firing, fiery

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