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Originally Posted by xelasnave
When I joined the fire brigade the Captain's very first words to the new members assembled for the introduction talk was..."There are three things that start fires, men women and children"... And always when one says that, those who refuse to recognise that fact, because of their determination to inject politics into the mix will say " no most are started by like lightening".
I expect some are started by lightening but failure to sheet home the blame and work harder to manage the problem created by humans and doggedly blaming climate change is just plain politics and must be denounced.
Alex
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Yes, unfortunately that seems to be a common misconception Alex
See page 53-59 of the 466 page
Final Report of the NSW Bushfire Inquiry into the 2019/20 bushfire season, released end of July last year.
Summed up here...
2.1.3 How did the fires start?
"
Lightning was the suspected, immediate cause of ignition for the vast majority of the largest
and most damaging fires across NSW in the 2019-20 season. The dryness of the
landscape due to prolonged and widespread drought meant that lightning ‘caught’ well to
start fires and provided suitable conditions for them to spread once they were alight."
Cheers
Mike