crown fires
Canopy-level blazes spreading
Crown fires are wildfires that spread through the tops of trees rather than along the ground, racing through forest canopies where branches interlock and foliage is dense.
These fires are particularly dangerous and difficult to control because they move rapidly, often leaping from treetop to treetop, and generate intense heat.
Crown fires typically develop when ground fires climb into the canopy via ladder fuels like shrubs or low branches.
The drought conditions made crown fires almost inevitable once lightning struck.
- wildfireUncontrolled vegetation blaze
- blazeIntense burning fire
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- firestormSelf-perpetuating intense blaze
- fuel loadBurnable matter present
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