Facts and explanations for the horrific fires of Australia from the first spark to the disaster

Weather of the Arabs- First, we must say that forest fires are a natural phenomenon that has occurred since the beginning of time. There are periods of the year called the season of fires, and the seasons of fires are usually in the summer months due to the high temperature and low humidity of grasses, trees and air.

Fires in Australia take place every year during the summer, and larger fires occur in Siberia, Russia, and also in Canada and the United States of America during the summer. Australia is the dirtiest continent, 70% of which is a dry desert and 40% of the rest of the cultivable area and growth The trees are mainly dependent on rain.

What are the causes of forest fires in Australia?

Rising temperatures, drying of the ground, weeds, and trees are a major cause of the first spark of fires, not only in Australia, but also in every part of the planet, as the wind contributes to the flames due to friction between dry trees and the emergence of the first spark of fires.

Thunderstorms and lightning are also considered to be the causes of forest fires. Lightning strikes the earth more than 100 thunderbolts per second in various regions of the planet, most of them in the regions that witness the summer, and therefore there is an average of 100 chances of a fire arising every second in any part of the planet.

The human factor and its reckless and indifferent behavior are also one of the reasons for the emergence of fires, throwing cigarettes, barbecues in the forests, or even the intended fires that may cause an environmental disaster that burns millions of trees and animals with them.

What caused the outbreak of fires in Australia in particular this year?

Before delving into the causes of the spread of fires in this way in Australia we must return to the origin of the problem and its beginnings. The first spark of a fire that broke out in Australia for this season was with the beginnings of November 2019, when the dust wave hit the southeastern coast of Australia and was accompanied by a record heat wave, so it is likely that The first spark is due to the friction of trees by the hot and dry winds and not by the lightning, as the human factor cannot be excluded from the problem.

As for the reasons for fire power this year, it is that fires broke out in the forests of the nature of their trees, as they are very high and dense, as the only way to extinguish them is only by aircrafts and not with water hoses from the bottom, and this is the slowest pace of extinguishing fires.

The second reason is that the fires did not devour the loss of weeds and trees. Rather, the fire consumed more than half a billion animals. Unfortunately, the burning and fleeing animals contributed to transferring the fires to the areas where the fires were extinguished, and consequently the fire returned to ignite in new areas and the fire got out of control.

And in the end, the recent fires in Australia were considered a national disaster in the country after the death of more than half a billion animals, many of which are threatened with extinction and live only in Australia, in addition to the material losses and property of the residents and pollution of fumes for Australia's largest and most populated cities and the arrival of fumes in New Zealand Which is considered as the only country in the world that contains very pure air and the least containing the carbon dioxide gas as it is isolated areas and far from polluted countries like China and the United States of America.