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About 3000 brush fires per year are started by lightning strikes.
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Could Victorian bush fires been prevented?
Yes!!!!!!!!!(how could they) people were lighting fires deliberately but most fires were caused by lightning and other fires. Some fires were suspected to be caused by cigarette butts & power tools
How many bushfires are started by lightning?
Depends upon where you are and what the weather and fuel conditions are. For example, in the southwestern part of the USA, an average of 60 to 70 percent of the wildfires are started by lightning. However, as a global average, only about 8 percent of the wildfires are caused by natural events.
Was warracknabeal affected by bush fires?
Nope
Why is plasma not found in house fires but is found in factory fires or bush fires?
becuase house fires are mostly artificial fire but plasma is a natural fire. and bushfires are a natural source of fire
What are the twelve natural disasters?
Here are some natural disasters:AvalanchesBlizzardsContractible DiseasesCyclonesEarthquakesFaminesFloodsLandslidesHeat WavesLimnic EruptionsMeteoritesStormsTornadoesTsunamisVolcanic EruptionsWild Fires and Bush Fires
Could Victorian bush fires been prevented?
Yes!!!!!!!!!(how could they) people were lighting fires deliberately but most fires were caused by lightning and other fires. Some fires were suspected to be caused by cigarette butts & power tools
How many bushfires are started by lightning?
Depends upon where you are and what the weather and fuel conditions are. For example, in the southwestern part of the USA, an average of 60 to 70 percent of the wildfires are started by lightning. However, as a global average, only about 8 percent of the wildfires are caused by natural events.
What are the impacts of bush fires?
fire fighters put out bush fires.
Do bush fires only happen in the bush?
Yes bush fires only happen in bush hence the name. But a fire can still be lit and maintain with out wood or 'bush'.
What are the benefits of bush fires?
What are the benefits of a bush fire
What damage can bush fires cause?
Depends on where the bush is.
Are there any bush fires outside Australia?
Yes bush fires occur around the world but are sometimes known as forest fires. They occur in hot weather and can be a natural phenomenon or man made (arson). Bush fires have occurred in New Zealand America Russia to name but a few.
Forest fires are also known as?
wildfires,bush fires etc
What are the impacts on Bush fires?
death
How bush fires affect people?
Well bush fires spread and spread if they aren't put out, and eventually reach homes that people are in.
When did the 2003 Canberra bush fires end?
The Canberra bushfires started at 2.45pm on 18 January 2003 and, at their worst, lasted for ten hours.
Why does the UK not get bush fires?
Britain sometimes gets bush fires, or forest fires, but they are not very common, as the climate is often wetter. However fires in South Wales did £4.5 million damage in 2006 and 2007.
