this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2023
206 points (97.7% liked)

World News

32164 readers
639 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] Alto@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They've happened before, most commonly during the firestorms caused by bombing in ww2

[โ€“] Anon819450514@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, natural ones. Not man-made ones ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Again, those happen commonly in wildfires. Firefighters have to regularly watch for them. It's not some mythical event.