Lightning strike!
Lightning can cause bush fires to start. Fire spotting planes and helicopters are used to detect new fires caused by lightning.
IMAGINE
Imagine you spotted a new fire from your plane. What information would you need to report?
Hey Firestormers!
Lighting causes lots of fires, but most of these fires are put out quickly.
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Actor Ben Lawson, who has starred in Modern Family, Firefly Lane, 13 Reasons Why, wrote this poem in Los Angeles where he has lived since 2008, as a love letter to his burning homeland.
On hot and windy days, the fire service may declare a ban on all fires.
#1 FACT
Summer storms often have very little rain but do include hundreds of lightning strikes which can ignite bush fires.