There are many ways a forest fire is extremely dangerous. One reason is the smoke from the fires can damage the health of people and other living things. Unfortunate enough, the bad air goes to the lungs of people, causing breathing issues and we may die. Secondly, forest fires can create food shortage be exterminating trees, grass and farm crops. Herbivores won’t have much to eat. As a result, more carnivores will kill each other. If both herbivores’ and carnivores’ population decrease, then some humans may die of hunger. Besides, trees are also vastly burnt. Fires need fuel to continue to burn, they will put an end to all trees in its way.
There are a lot of dangers from forest fires, but there are countless ways to stop this tragedy. For instance, campers should put out campfires after they use them. Fires spread very nimbly and it might just happen to be the last thing you need to do before you sleep. You can also stop fires made by arson by telling people the fact that setting fires on purpose can send them to jail. Finally, everyone should be educated not to put flammable things near the forest. Things like undistinguished cigarette ends lay out easily. It is also one of the reasons why humans can cause over half of all the wildfires.
These are just a few dangers and preventive strategies to stop forest fires, but there are always more. In short, if everybody would be aware of the dangers of forest fires seriously before he/she acts, disaster can be eliminated.
