The Science of Fire

Thanks to Janelle from KQED in San Francisco who sent me this email and video below.

I'm writing from KQED Public Broadcasting in San Francisco - We recently did a TV story on the science of fire for QUEST - our multimedia series on environment, science and nature.

We thought your readers might find this story to be a good background resource on fire science - it's posted in its entirely online and you can also embed the video in your site.

San Diego wildfires - huge evacuations

It's incredible that with all the resources in California, the wildfires are still large enough to force over a quarter million evacuations. This is what can happen with dry conditions and strong winds.

More than a dozen wildfires have engulfed the region, killing at least one person, injuring dozens more and forcing hundreds of thousands of evacuations. Overwhelmed firefighters said they lacked the resources to save many houses.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071022/ap_on_re_us/california_wildfires