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In response to
"I still can't quite comprehend the scale and speed of it to have caused all those deaths. When we get big fires up here, we can usually evac in time"
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Beryllium
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It's a mix between the types of trees in the forest (eucalypts tend to explode) and the unpredictable weather
Posted by
Roger More (aka RogerMore)
Feb 10 '09, 13:20
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In the 'right' conditions, these fires can move at incredible speeds - 50km in 30 min was one figure I read. The residents of one town thought that the fire was going to pass them by, and then the wind changed and the fire passed right over them.
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