Saturday, 19 October 2013

Anatomy of a bush fire: How Australia's explosive forest fires work

cnn.com - (CNN) — Fanned by scorching summer winds that feel like they’re directed from a giant hair dryer, firefighters variously describe the sound of an Australian bush fire as somewhere between a freight train and a jet engine just before take-off.Add to the mix boiling apocalyptic smoke clouds, desperate homeowners caught between fleeing or fighting the fire and sheets of fan-blasted flame that carpet whole stretches of country road, and it is little wonder that residents and firefighters regard bush fires with something approaching awe of the supernatural.





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