In Australia Fires are part of a regular summer. Eucalyptus is both flammable, and has seeds that will often only sprout after they have been scorched. We have 'backburning' programs, when accumulated tinder is burned off when conditions allow control. Fires can spread if conditions change, so it must be carefully monitored, with fire crews involved, and ready. I have heard there have been Eucalyptus forests planted in the U.S.
Indigenous Australians were nomadic, and also practiced backburning to reduce tinder, and encourage new growth.
Tinder can build to the point where a fire can start that burns so fiercely, that the only thing that remains is ash and dust.
This is an Australian page ...

In Australia Fires are part of a regular summer. Eucalyptus is both flammable, and has seeds that will often only sprout after they have been scorched. We have 'backburning' programs, when accumulated tinder is burned off when conditions allow control. Fires can spread if conditions change, so it must be carefully monitored, with fire crews involved, and ready. I have heard there have been Eucalyptus forests planted in the U.S.
Indigenous Australians were nomadic, and also practiced backburning to reduce tinder, and encourage new growth.
Tinder can build to the point where a fire can start that burns so fiercely, that the only thing that remains is ash and dust.
This is an Australian page with some basic fire safety rules
http://www.fire.tas.gov.au/mysite/Show?pageId=coltrappedFoot
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