Wildfires

Wildfires are dangerous fires, usually in forests. Though they are

classified as natural disasters, only ten to 15 percent of wildfires
occur on their own in nature. The other 85 to 90 percent result from
human causes. They can start by lightning hitting a tree, or someone
leaving a campfire unattended.

Though usually caused by humans, wildlifes affect animals way more

than they affect human, because the wildlifes burn down trees and
bushes where a lot of animals have their habitats.

In no surprise, wildlifes mostly happen on forests, or highly vegetated

areas. Wildfires can occur in any part of the world, but are the most
common in the forested areas of the United States and Canada. They
also occur a lot in the vegetated areas of Australia.

Some examples of very famous wildlifes are: the California’s Cedar

fire, and the recent Amazon Rainforest wildfire.

California Cedar Fire: a blaze that began after a lost hunter lit a small
signal fire in the Cleveland National Forest, just 25 miles from San
Diego. The blaze eventually came to consume more than 280,000 acres,
and became the largest single fire in California's recorded history.

Amazon Rainforest Fire: It started by farmers burning some trees to

clear space, yet the fire got out of hand and started to spread to the
point where 1.8 million acres were burnt.
Some ways to be safe from wildfires are:

1. Prepare your home

2. Have an escape route
3. Make sure that you have first-aid kit ready, and a bag full
of food and water.
4. Limit exposure to smoke
5. Don't return home until authorities say it's safe