Modern forest management often engages in prescribed burns to mitigate risk and promote natural forest cycles. Wildfires are distinct from beneficial human usage of wildland fire, called controlled or prescribed burning, although controlled burns can turn into wildfires. Some natural forest ecosystems depend on wildfire. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a bushfire ( in Australia), desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, peat fire, prairie fire, vegetation fire, or veld fire. The Rim Fire burned more than 250,000 acres (1,000 km 2) of forest.Ī wildfire, forest fire, bushfire, wildland fire or rural fire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation. Wildfire near Yosemite National Park, United States, in 2013. The Mangum Fire burned more than 70,000 acres (280 km 2) of forest. Wildfire burning in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona, United States, in 2020. For other uses, see Brushfire (disambiguation) and Forest fire (disambiguation). "Brushfire" and "Forest fire" redirect here.
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