Flaming Facts
- More than 80% of all wildfires are started by humans.
- Most second major cause of wildfires is wood arson.
- In order for a fire to burn, the fire triangle needs to be present.
- The fire triangle is oxygen, fuel, and heat.
- An average of 1.2 million acres of US wild-lands burn each year.
- Weather conditions can contribute to the occurrence of wildfires.
- Lightning strikes the earth 100,000 times a year, 10 to 20% of lightning strikes cause wildfires.
- An exceptionally large wildfire is called a conflagration.