Forest fire | Definition, Description, Ecology, & Facts | Britannica
forest fire, uncontrolled fire occurring in vegetation more than 1.8 metres (6 feet) in height. These fires often reach the proportions of a major conflagration and are sometimes begun by combustion and heat from surface and ground fires.

North Carolina Wildfire Map - Current North Carolina Wildfires, Forest ...
Interactive real-time wildfire and forest fire map for North Carolina. See current wildfires and wildfire perimeters in North Carolina using the Map of Fire Wildfire Map.

Wildfire - Wikipedia
The Mangum Fire burned more than 70,000 acres (280 km 2) of forest. A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation.

Forest Fires: Causes, Types and Effects - ClearIAS
Forest fires can be defined as any uncontrolled and non-prescribed combustion or burning of plants in a natural setting such as a forest, grassland, brushland, or tundra, which consumes the natural fuels and spreads based on environmental conditions (e.g., wind, topography).

Forest Fire - Types, Effects, Natural Disaster and Management - Vedantu
Forest fire, also known as bushfire or vegetation fire, is any uncontrolled and unprescribed combustion or burning of plants in a natural context such as a forest, grassland, brushland or tundra that consumes natural fuels and spreads due to environmental conditions (e.g. wind and topography).

Forest fires: Causes, Effects, Solutions - Environment Buddy
Learn what are forest fires and different types (e.g. Crown). What causes Forest fires? Natural and Human causes. Solutions; only you can prevent forest fires!

San Jacinto Co. wildfire: Crews battle fire that's 10% contained at Sam ...
The Texas A&M Forest Service said firefighters are working to create a containment line, while helicopters drop water from above. As of 9:46 p.m., officials say that at least 300 homes have been ...

Florida fire map shows active wildfires in Miami-Dade County and across ...
The Florida Forest Service also had about 15 people on the ground. Smoke from the fire moved over parts of extreme southern Miami-Dade and the upper Keys on Wednesday morning and early afternoon ...

Public Fire Information Websites - US Forest Service
Get the latest incident specific wildfire data, including personnel count, cost, acres, percent contained and structures threatened, from the National Wildfire Coordinating Group's map. Social media tweets from National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) and Inciweb.

AirNow Fire and Smoke Map
It provides a public resource of information to best prepare and manage wildfire season. Developed in a joint partnership between the EPA and USFS.