An anon directed me to an interesting (but long) video from an arborist who had visited many firesites where all the houses were burned to ash but the trees were unburnt (though apparently cooked). I recall 3 or 4 sites in California that I was unaware of. It looks like a real phenomenon that is still unexplained.
Trees that were alive when the fire started were saturated with water which makes them much slower to burn than a house that is made of kiln-dried wood and filled with all sorts of flammable furnishings. Seriously have some of you never had a fire pit and seen for yourself how hard it is to build a fire out of freshly-cut green wood rather than seasoned dry firewood?
An anon directed me to an interesting (but long) video from an arborist who had visited many firesites where all the houses were burned to ash but the trees were unburnt (though apparently cooked). I recall 3 or 4 sites in California that I was unaware of. It looks like a real phenomenon that is still unexplained.
Trees that were alive when the fire started were saturated with water which makes them much slower to burn than a house that is made of kiln-dried wood and filled with all sorts of flammable furnishings. Seriously have some of you never had a fire pit and seen for yourself how hard it is to build a fire out of freshly-cut green wood rather than seasoned dry firewood?
Yes. You can use it for structure to hold the logs that you really wish to burn.