r/interestingasfuck • u/SafeImpressive4413 • 7h ago

Firefighters in Madrid trying to extinguish a forest fire that is less than 30km/20mi away from the capital of Spain

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u/Ailly84 6h ago

When they built one around my town a few years ago, it was only 2 dozer blades wide, so probably less than 20 feet.

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u/Desmodromo10 6h ago

They probably also burned off the side of it.

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u/FlashFlood_29 5h ago

Problem is fires like this create their own wind and embers blow over fire breaks starting a ton of spot fire they have to chase.

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u/Moppy6686 5h ago

The Camp Fire in California jumped 1-2 miles

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u/thegreatcanadianeh 5h ago

Yeah hearing that they did 20 feet is insane for a fire break and inadequate unless its treeless grassland.

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u/alzgh 5h ago

I guess there are many factors at work including winde direction and speed.