What do you think was the cause of the large fires in southern California?

Answer 1

If you're asking for specifically caused the fires, for the Santiago fire in Orange County arson is suspected, but here in San Diego County I haven't heard any evidence of arson. Some of them were definitely caused by the winds, which apparently gusted over 100 miles per hour in places and knocked over power lines. The one on Palomar Mountain is supposed to have started from a house fire.

In general the cause is enough rain occasionally to grow dense vegetation on the hillsides, but long periods without rain that cause the vegetation to become very dry. Add hurricane force winds with 5% humidity and 95 degree temperatures, and you have the perfect set-up for large fires.

Answer 2

No it is not actual. those wildfires have been brought about via organic motives like maximum wildfires interior the worldwide. whilst there is low humidity like in Southern California there is low moisture interior the air. so as because of the fact of this it somewhat is totally dry. additionally there's a surplus of wind. The winds reason the wildfires to devoid of postpone unfold. those winds have been gusting as much as close to 100km/h (60 m.p.h.). yet another reason is intense temperatures.. The temperatures have been interior the 30's*C (ninety's*F). those are the motives for those wildfires and the same old public of the wildfires worldwide huge.

Answer 3

This time was arson,usually it is mother nature.These folks live in an arid region that always burned.(many plants need fire to spread their seeds).People keep putting the fires out,hense more fuel does not burn,and environuts fight communities that want to thin wild areas to reduce fuel.(IE:lake Tahoe area).Wild areas are great but it becomes a WASTED PUBLIC RESOURCE when not managed.Billions could be saved on fire control and budgets covered by thinning our forests.we are stewards of the land and must manage it as so.Letting areas go wild is irresponsible, dangerous and wasteful.Billions in zero out.

Answer 4

There were apparently several different ignition sources but the real cause of such immense fires is the overabundance of fuel. If there were smaller brush clearing fires on a regular basis there would be no fuel for disastrous infernos every four to five years.

Answer 5

wow i hate those fires. i live in los angeles and the ashes come flowing in all day.

It could've been caused by arsonists or natural causes, but im gonna go with natural causes, because the endurance of the fire seems like it was caused by nature

Answer 6

Human ignorance....
some doofus-brained idiot that did
something irresponsible with heat....
(i suppose it could've been intentional
for reasons of trying to decrease the
population?)

Answer 7

A drought, no clearing of under brush, santa anna winds, and some jackass who set it off.

Answer 8

SOME IDIOT