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

Subject: Disaster Management

Exam: TEE

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Actual older TEE paper · 100 marks · Q1 compulsory; any four of Q2–Q7

### Q1B. Elaborate in detail any 5 causes of Forest Fires. [5 marks]

#### 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.

#### Illustrative application · Fire near a settlement

Dry vegetation, an ignition source and wind can allow a fire to spread towards homes. Fuel management and safer development concern mitigation; official warnings and evacuation plans concern preparedness and response. People should follow trained services, not improvise dangerous firefighting.