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What part of the fire triangle is affected when firefighters remove all the trees that lay in the path of a fire?
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∙ 11y ago
Removing trees from a forest fire is called a "fire break" or "fire line" and it provides a separation of the unburned fuel from the fire.
Thus, a fire break affects the "fuel" leg of the fire triangle by denying fuel to the fire.
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