Question

Read the news item and find out how fire started in California could it be avoided

Answer 1

The winds can push a fire the length of a football field in a minute, said Scott McLean, spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.

And the hundreds of embers pushed in front of the fires become small spot fires themselves, he said.

High winds also dissipate fire retardant dropped by aircraft, McLean said.

The Diablo winds caused the same problems in Northern California in october

Answer 2

It was a human-caused fire . It started due to carelessness of a child. While playing with the matchsticks . It must have fallen on the straw or food which converted into massive fire . It could be avoided if the matchbox was kept out of reach of the chid