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Default OT: Fire on Dartmoor

Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote

More to the point is, what started it? Not seen many lightning storms,


You don’t need many, just the one can be enough.

so maybe a human was involved?


"nightjar" wrote in message
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On 12/02/2021 09:56, GB wrote:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-56037220

I'm really surprised that Dartmoor has caught fire, given the amount of
rain we've had and the cold weather. What is burning?


Winter moorland fires are not uncommon. Very cold weather dries the
foliage out just as much as very hot weather. In this case, it is in a
very remote area and moving towards a river valley, where it is expected
to burn itself out.

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