High temperatures, a dry climate and high winds created the perfect conditions for fire in Lytton in 2021. “Fire is opportunistic, it’s probing, it’s searching for something to burn,” says wildfire expert Dr. Mike Flannigan. “If it finds something, away we go.” Interview begins at 20:35.
Archival Ecologies | In the burn zone
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