Not to mention the spot fires that erupt, several km ahead of the main front, giving animals no where to go. To put that into perspective, where I am, I was ge

Not to mention the spot fires that erupt, several km ahead of the main front, giving animals no where to go. To put that into perspective, where I am, I was getting blackened gum leaves (meaning: highly flammable), but not actual embers when the main fire near me was still 80km away. We started getting cold ash falling when it was 20km away. One spot fire jumped about 5km toward my location (and spread to become 50000ha in it's own right). (The awesome 'firies' stopped it 8km from me).