05-13-2014, 06:09 AM
Heat does indeed make a fire spread faster. Where there's smoke, there's heat, where there's heat, there's fire. That's what I was taught to explain the dynamics of fire. The heat causes items to "gas off" or expell the "thinners" used to create it and raise the temperature of that item to its point of ignition. Just like the old book, "Fahrenheit 451", oddly enough named for at which point paper ignites. Even wood, when heated, expels the saps from the wood until it ignites from heat alone because the wood is so dried out. The rate that it burned, the color of the flame, the fact that the initial notice was probably a "red tag", or Code Enforcement stating that it is unsafe for occupancy, construction of a non permitted structure, and you have 30 days to submit plans for approval all come into play to call it suspicious, even though the County dropped the ball. It does have concern though, for in a tighter, denser jungle atmosphere you have a whole different ball game even with fire protection nearby, but is it a quick response time to keep it from spreading in the dry season?
Are you a human being, or a human doing?
Are you a human being, or a human doing?