Oceanslider
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I had a 25mph (maybe near 30mph) wind firestorm very near my house a few years ago. It started in the brush on a hillside, a downed powerline. Eventually when it went up the adjacent hill (brush) where there were houses on the ridge up the hill it burnt down near 30 houses. I saw the whole fire from about 20 minutes after it started. There were patches of brushfire that started that were literally a few 1000s of yards away from the main fire. Ember would fly and start a brush fire that far away. But it was the houses that were the main fire fuel, When a house goes up in flames it is a MASSIVE amount of fuel that burns for a long time.Dryness, heat, wind, wood, downed primary power lines...literally, a "perfect storm."
Just ask PG&E of Nor Cal about such conditions in 1997.....
Power Line Blamed for Los Gatos Inferno / PG&E disputes cause of $2.5 million blaze
A tree branch that hit PG&E power lines ignited Thursday's wind-whipped blaze in Los Gatos...www.sfgate.com
But this fire had an immediate massive response. I'd say within 40 minutes there were airborn firefighters and firetrucks all over. Within an hours firetrucks from out of the city were arriving. It took about 4 hours or so to stop the fire. But massive excellent response. By the end of the fire I saw firetrucks from cities that are over an hour away.
During the fire, my power was turned off and my water supply also was diverted to the fire.