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>> Most fires aren't arson, but instead downed power lines. Is this true? maybe for specific regions, or compared to say arson, but Canada has thousands of for
by skeeter2020 1y ago
>> Most fires aren't arson, but instead downed power lines.
Is this true? maybe for specific regions, or compared to say arson, but Canada has thousands of forest fires every year and the vast majority are lightning strikes. We also don't put usually them out, so I don't think that's a great measure. The thing that's changed in the US and Canada is how much prevention and suppression we do. You'd expect this to result in fewer fires but bigger outliers, at least near people.
- pixl97 1y agoI can't tell you about Canada, but in the US we compile statistics around it. https://www.nps.gov/articles/wildfire-causes-and-evaluation.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/wildfire-causes-and-evaluation.... >Nearly 85 percent* of wildland fires in the United States are caused by humans. Human-caused fires result from campfires left unattended, the burning of debris, equipment use and malfunctions, negligently discarded cigarettes, and intentional acts of arson. *Source: 2000-2017 data based on Wildland Fire Management Information (WFMI) and U.S. Forest Service Research Data Archive Note that conditions like powerline failures are considered human caused in the above information.