This document discusses wildfires, including their causes, types, and effects. Wildfires are fires that occur in areas with combustible vegetation outside of cities or towns. They are fueled by elements like heat, oxygen, and materials like brush, trees, and grass. Wildfires can be classified by the type of vegetation they burn and how they spread, such as on the ground, through brush, or through tree canopies. Wildfires can be caused by natural events like lightning or volcanic eruptions, or by human factors like sparks from machinery. They negatively impact the environment by destroying habitats, soils, plants, and animals, and can threaten human lives and property. Methods to stop wildfires include traditional techniques like using

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2. Wild fire
A wildfire or wildland fire is a fire in an area of combustible
vegetation that occurs in the countryside or rural area.

3. Fire Triangle:
Elements helps to Ignite
● Heat
● Fuel
● Oxidizing Agent

4. Classification
● Brush fire,
● Bush fire,
● Desert fire,
● Forest fire,
● Grass fire,
● Hill fire,
● Peat fire,
● Vegetation fire or veld fire

5. Fire types
a. Ground fires
b. Crawling or surface fires
c. Crown, canopy, or aerial fires
d. Running Crown fire
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6. Natural causes
Lightning Sparks from rocks Spontaneous Combustion
Volcanic Eruption

7. Environmental effects
On Soil:
They can purify toxin by destroying the toxins,fungi and parasites.
On Birds & Animals:
Can destroy nests and cause fragmentation of habitats
Can destroy animals and their food
On Humans:
Suffocation and loss of lives and properties
Loss of Livelihood for tribal and rural people

8. Methods to Stop the wide spread
Traditional Method:
Beating the fire with green branches
Modern Method:
IAF aircrafts fly and dump the
Water from the
neighbouring lakes

9. Conclusion
● Both natural extreme conditions like climate change and human carelessness
have contributed towards the disaster of wilderness in India as well as many
other countries where wildfires are a common occurrence during summer
heat.
● People and government have never before paid much heed to it since they are
usually far off from habitation areas but ignoring the ill effects of wildfires
have on environment is a mistake we are making constantly.
● It is about time when government makes measures to be prepared to handle
such fires sooner and people must build pressure for the same to be done if
they want clean and fresh air to breathe in.