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What lead to Australian bushfires? Is it related to climate changes??

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Cuda6868 · 51-55, M

I can’t speak to Australia’s forest practices, but up here in BC it has been mostly due to 100 years of unnatural fire suppression. A close friend has worked in the forests here for close to 30 years and describes areas with close to 6 feet of duff. This allows for unnaturally hot forest fires that burn longer and can crown. People seem to forget that putting out fires is not natural, forests must burn.

NativeOregonian · 51-55

@Cuda6868 American Public Television has a weekly docuseries called Nature that recently had an episode that showcased the Paradise fire in California last year that mentioned that very same thing, that a lot of forests have that particular issue.