[PUGACHEV]

The amazing thing about a forest fire is how hot the air gets. Many years ago, I was on the edge of a field in the direction of a forest fire in Maryland. First, there was a stampede of animals big and small coming out of the woods. Then, two large cedar trees just out from the edge of the woods went up all at once, top and bottom, like candles. That shocked me so much I got in my car and drove out of there as fast as possible.

A brush fire is probably not as bad as a forest fire, but the heated air would kill you all the same.

[Fury]

Helped fight a small forest fire one time. I was amazed how fast a fire moved when crowning! Several people had to jump in a nearby river to escape the flames as the fire was moving faster than they could run. When we got back from our shift our pants/shirts had small holes and marks from the burning material that was being moved around by the wind.