I did not really understand how hot a forest fire gets until I explored the aftermath on a friends mountain land. The first thing I noticed is there was almost

I did not really understand how hot a forest fire gets until I explored the aftermath on a friends mountain land. The first thing I noticed is there was almost no ash. The firestorm winds blew all the light ash away so it is like entire trees just evaporated. The next weird thing were the holes in the ground where you could look inside and see the voids where all the roots used to be. You see the negative image of the root system baked into the soil.