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It's called back-burning.

Forest fire officers wait for the wind to change and then they light a fire which burns up the undergrowth forming a firebreak. Then when the fire comes back towards the firebreak there's nothing to burn, so it can't cross over the firebreak. This stops the fire spreading.

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∙ 17y ago

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