A wildfire is a \"large, destructive fire that spreads quickly\" and is very dif
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Question
A wildfire is a "large, destructive fire that spreads quickly" and is very different from a "brush fire" or house fire. What was the response of firefighters in Yellowstone in the case of the 1998 wildfire?
Fight the fire from the air
Fight the fire by using techniques meant to keep fire from spreading downwind
Blow on it
Add artificial snow to the fire
Fight the fire from the air
Fight the fire by using techniques meant to keep fire from spreading downwind
Blow on it
Add artificial snow to the fire
Explanation / Answer
They used many helicopters and many planes to carry the fore retardant and sprayed through the air over the fire. But the fire stopped after very long time. Here the fight from the air is used because the fire spreading violent in all directions and people cannot stand on its way.
More than nine thousand fire fighters were placed to control the fire but few of them were dead. So they used the air spray technique.
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