A fact often overlooked is that large-scale wildfires, although occurring infrequently, are
responsible for the overwhelming majority of fire-related suppression costs, economic …

This work provides a detailed overview of existing investigations into the fire–wind
interaction phenomena. Specifically, it considers: the fanning effect of wind, wind direction …

Surface fire is the most prevalent type of wildland fire and dominates the cost of wildland
firefighting. The high-intensity burning behaviors in surface fires stem from the significant …

Fire whirls are a particular case of flame behaviour characterized by a rotating column of fire
driven by intense convective heating of air close to the ground. They typically result in a …

Fire whirls are often reported to occur in wildland and urban fires due to the effect of ambient
wind. This paper presents an experimental study on the fire whirls over a line fire with cross …

A detailed description is given of double burner fire whirls that are similar in structure to the
type of combined whirls seen in nature. The whirls are generated using the fixed frame …

This paper numerically examines the characterisation of fire whirl formulated under various
entrainment conditions in an enclosed configuration. The numerical framework, integrating …

Strong winds generated by fire-induced whirls without flames cause destructive damage.
Laboratory experiments were conducted to clarify how the strength and size of this type of …

A numerical study of the fire whirl formation under symmetrical and asymmetrical entraining
configuration is presented. This work aims to assess the effect of eddy-generation …

Fire whirls can occur during large wild or urban fires. Their consequences are often
devastating. Although there are some published investigations on such whirling fires …