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Wildfires. /

Material type: TextTextSeries: World Book's library of natural disastersPublication details: Chicago, IL : World Book, Inc., [2018] Edition: Third editionDescription: 55 pages; illustrations (some color); 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780716699439
  • 0716699435
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.37/9 23
LOC classification:
  • SD421.23 .W55 2018
Contents:
What is a wildfire? -- Causes of wildfires -- The Great Peshtigo fire -- The chemistry of fire -- The Great Black Dragon fire -- How fires spread and restart -- The Cedar fire -- Logging fires -- What conditions affect fires? -- Australian bushfires -- Black Saturday fires -- Out of control -- The Big Burn of 1910 -- The Oakland-Berkeley fire -- What stops fires? -- Indonesian fires -- Looking out for fires -- Fighting fires -- Yarnell Hill fire -- Saving people and buildings -- 2010 Russian wildfires -- What to do in a wildfire -- 2016-2017 North American wildfires -- Activity -- Glossary -- Additional resources -- Index.
Summary: "A discussion of wildfires, describing their characteristics, patterns of occurrence, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant wildfires, bushfires, and forest fires from history"--
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Junior Non-Fiction Junior Non-Fiction Pop-Up Library Junior Non-Fiction Children &Young Adults Section 363.379 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A00744573

Includes index.

What is a wildfire? -- Causes of wildfires -- The Great Peshtigo fire -- The chemistry of fire -- The Great Black Dragon fire -- How fires spread and restart -- The Cedar fire -- Logging fires -- What conditions affect fires? -- Australian bushfires -- Black Saturday fires -- Out of control -- The Big Burn of 1910 -- The Oakland-Berkeley fire -- What stops fires? -- Indonesian fires -- Looking out for fires -- Fighting fires -- Yarnell Hill fire -- Saving people and buildings -- 2010 Russian wildfires -- What to do in a wildfire -- 2016-2017 North American wildfires -- Activity -- Glossary -- Additional resources -- Index.

"A discussion of wildfires, describing their characteristics, patterns of occurrence, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant wildfires, bushfires, and forest fires from history"--

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