12-26-2011, 08:42 PM
Thanks for all the info about fires! :O
Logically, it was probably a ground fire. As Katie said, the fire was started purposefully, at ground level. The fire did spread up to treetops, but the majority of the burning would have been on a lower level.
The resulting devastation might be a little off, but I do think we plan to have the land recover in "a few years" rather than "a few centuries" so that again makes a ground fire the more likely categorization.
Logically, it was probably a ground fire. As Katie said, the fire was started purposefully, at ground level. The fire did spread up to treetops, but the majority of the burning would have been on a lower level.
The resulting devastation might be a little off, but I do think we plan to have the land recover in "a few years" rather than "a few centuries" so that again makes a ground fire the more likely categorization.