Comment on When people die in wildfires, is it that the fire spread too fast for people to mobilise escape? Or more that people were delayed leaving?

brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Lots. Often times limited escapes and fast moving fires. People whose evacuation routes get cut off by a fire that jumped by a change in the winds.

Look up Paradise, CA. There is a documentary on that fire.

People even in places that didn’t burn can die from asphyxiation when the fire consumes all the oxygen in the area. Or cars can shut down and leave people stranded because they get starved for air and the fuel can’t burn without oxygen.

Having a good evacuation plan and early warning is the best way to preserve life.

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