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The anatomy of a firestorm: Researchers use radar to peer into a bushfire phenomenon
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DecDecember 2020 at 3:26am
A violent column of moist hot air developed over the Dunalley fire, combining with an unstable atmosphere.
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Tasmanians know all too well the impact of the 2013 Dunalley bushfire on the ground, but for the first time, research has revealed what happened above the town on that fateful day.
The time was 3.24pm on January 4, and the bushfire was already burning out of control. Several factors created the perfect storm.
Over the next 24 minutes, a violent column of moist hot air developed over the fire, combining with an unstable atmosphere.
Four Charged Over Blaze That Devastated Australia’s Fraser Island
The police said the men started an illegal campfire, but experts said the region would remain vulnerable to more fires as climate change worsens dry conditions.
A bushfire on Fraser Island in Australia on Nov. 30. The authorities say the conflagration started with an illegal campfire.Credit.Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, via Reuters
Published Dec. 22, 2020Updated Feb. 2, 2021
MELBOURNE, Australia Four people have been charged with unlawfully lighting a campfire that the authorities said sparked huge blazes on Fraser Island off the northeastern coast of Australia in October, ultimately razing more than 210,000 acres of the popular vacation spot.