Q1B · Elaborate in detail any 5 causes of Forest Fires.

Answer

1. Lightning. A strike can ignite sufficiently dry vegetation, especially when little rain reaches the ground.
2. Unattended flames. Careless campfires, discarded smoking materials or other open flames can ignite litter.
3. Escaped burning. Agricultural or debris burning can spread into nearby forest when control fails.
4. Deliberate ignition. Arson can start a fire; motives and responsibility require investigation rather than assumption.
5. Equipment or electrical faults. Sparks and damaged power infrastructure can ignite dry fuel. Heat, drought and wind make fuels drier and spread faster; they are not always the ignition source themselves.