Fire Safety Science Digital Archive

From May 6 to June 2 in 1987, owing to over accumulated fuels and weather environment of high fire danger. May 6 catastrophic forest fire occurred in northern part of Daxinganligh forest area as result of man caused reason. At night of May 7, the rate of spread reached 9-45 km/hr. flame heigh 7-8 m, even over 10 m, fire front intensity 5,000-90,000 kw/ m. It was a storm fire which interwaved with a fierce and fast surface fire and fast crown fire. Different special fire behaviors occured, such as fire spread in way of fierce burning and jumping, main fire belt which was high temperature thermal current, baking combustion, etc.