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What caused the muck fire in the book Tangerine?
In the book "Tangerine," the muck fire was caused by the combination of a lightning strike and the underground peat soil catching fire. The fire smoldered and grew over time due to the organic material in the soil, resulting in a long-lasting and difficult-to-extinguish fire.
What is the part of speech for muck fire?
The term "muck fire" is a compound noun, with the noun fire modified by the noun muck as a noun adjunct (attributive noun).
What causes a muck fire?
lightning can start a muck fire if there is a natural resource in the ground where it strikes
Tangerine book why did the muck fires burn in fields surrounding lake windsor down how did these fines affect the environment of the development?
In the Tangerine book, Muck fires burn in fields surrounding lake windsor polluting the environment.
What is the difference between muck fires and regular fires?
Muck fires are underground. We get tons of them in CA where I live. The fire burns a tree or a bush or something and the embers travel down through the roots. They cause a major problem once the above ground fire is out. they just light new fires
How often does a muck fire occur?
A muck fire occurs when muck, a soil made up from peat in dried-out swamplands, catches fire underground. These fires can burn nonstop until reaching a water source.
What does a muck fire do?
Muck fires are underground fires that kill citrus trees or other plants. Farmers use these muck fires to their advantage, by using them to kill their crops and therefore having new and/or more seeds to grow to make more money off of.
How do muck fires stop?
Muck fires are difficult to fight. Often the only way to stop a muck fire is to contain it.
Is there a to stop a muck fire?
Yes.
How do muck fires start and burn?
Muck fires start when lightning hits the soil and burns for weeks unless water comes in and puts it out.
How hot are muck fire?
up to 500
What causes muck fires?
=The cause of muck fires is called lignite, which burns when lightning hits it underground. They burn for weeks especially when hit by lightning.=
