[LINK] Bush Fire Speeds (was Re: home emergencies)

Jan Whitaker jwhit at melbpc.org.au
Fri Feb 20 11:00:59 AEDT 2009


At 10:48 AM 20/02/2009, Sylvano wrote:

>Fastest known fire front speeds:
>- Grass Fires: 22km/h
>- Forest Fires: 15km/h

I think that has been disproven by this recent fire, but we won't 
know until the analysis comes out. I heard on radio reports speeds of 
something like 50km/h during the biggest firestorms. Again, that was 
conjecture of on the ground reports, not science.

Jan



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