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To: PapaBear3625

When a super hot wildfire rages close enough to drought-dried conifers, the concentrated oil in the needles explodes sending fire everywhere, as people in Central Texas witnessed during the 2011 wildfires that burned 36,000 acres and 1684 homes in pine country.


9 posted on 06/06/2014 6:46:27 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: txrefugee
When a super hot wildfire rages close enough to drought-dried conifers, the concentrated oil in the needles explodes sending fire everywhere, as people in Central Texas witnessed during the 2011 wildfires that burned 36,000 acres and 1684 homes in pine country.

Hill Country cedars - Gasoline on a stick.

10 posted on 06/06/2014 6:52:51 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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