forest fires
Blazes consuming trees
Forest fires are uncontrolled blazes that spread through wooded areas, burning trees, undergrowth, and brush.
They may start naturally from lightning or be caused by humans—accidentally or through arson.
Some ecosystems depend on periodic fires to regenerate.
Forest fires devastated thousands of acres last summer.
Also called wildfires.
Intense burning fire
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- burningCombustion in progress
embers · combustion · ignition · hotspot · backburn · flashover · firebreak · fireline
Atmospheric electrical discharge
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- arsonCriminal deliberate burning
- campfireOutdoor fire for gathering
- powerlineElevated electrical conductor
cigarette · sparks · heatwave · climate change · wind · incendiary · spontaneous combustion · slash-and-burn
Act of completely ruining
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- smokeAirborne combustion byproduct
- air qualityPollution level measurement
- ashCombustion's powdery remains
property loss · acreage · erosion · displacement · emergency · fatalities · insurance · recovery
Biological self-repair process
- successionFollowing in order
- pyrogenicProducing fever or heat
- understoryForest's lower vegetation tier
- canopyOverhead protective covering
deadwood · fuel load · snag · charred · scorched · burn scar · mosaic · biodiversity
blaze
Intense burning fire
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
- flamesVisible burning combustion
burning · embers · combustion · ignition · hotspot · backburn · flashover · firebreak · fireline · containment
lightning
Atmospheric electrical discharge
powerline · cigarette · sparks · heatwave · climate change · wind · incendiary · spontaneous combustion · slash-and-burn
destruction
Act of completely ruining
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- smokeAirborne combustion byproduct
- air qualityPollution level measurement
ash · property loss · acreage · erosion · displacement · emergency · fatalities · insurance · recovery · relief efforts
regeneration
Biological self-repair process
- successionFollowing in order
- pyrogenicProducing fever or heat
- understoryForest's lower vegetation tier
canopy · deadwood · fuel load · snag · charred · scorched · burn scar · mosaic · biodiversity · old growth
- Environmental problemsair pollution, water pollution, climate change, global warming, habitat loss
- deforestationclear cutting, clearcutting, clear-cutting, illegal logging, selective logging
- forest damagebark beetle, bark beetles, clear cutting, clear-cutting, illegal logging
- runaway effectschain reaction, domino effect, snowball effect, runaway effect, feedback loop
- disastersdisaster, earthquake, earthquakes, catastrophe, floods
- environmental harmair pollution, water pollution, pollution, oil spills, acid rain
forest firesfloods
Overflowing onto dry land
forest preservation · fire suppression · deluges · monsoons · rainfall
forest firesprescribed burns
Deliberate fires for ecology
controlled burns · backfires · firebreaks · fire management · wildfire prevention
forest firesreforestation
Replanting depleted woodlands
afforestation · forest restoration · tree planting · forest conservation · forest growth
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