Curious Kids: how do bushfires start?
- Written by David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
The more fuel there is for the fire to burn, the bigger the fire. Leaves, trees and grass fuel the fire. Flickr/bertknot, CC BY
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