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To: Fraxinus
"Question - what recorded blast started wildfires?"

Tunguska.

40 posted on 05/16/2007 7:34:56 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam
Tunguska.

Not much in the way of fires:
The transient heat flash from the fireball was felt by the witnesses at Vanavara, and apparently within about 30 km it was strong enough to ignite small temporary fires in the forest and singe tree bark. From: 1908 SIBERIA EXPLOSION: Reconstructing an Asteroid Impact from ...

48 posted on 05/17/2007 2:38:59 AM PDT by Fraxinus (My opinion worth what you paid.)
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