DEW CLUES from Forensic Arborist Robert Brame

10 Fire Anomalies

  1. Ground level fire starts at 300 degrees (F) and aluminum rims melted which start melting at 1200 degrees F.
  2. Auto glass melted (Melting point 2,500 degrees F)
  3. Plastics, synethics and rubber set away from homes didn’t burn.
  4. Pine needles mostly didn’t burn. (Forest Fires are 1400 degrees maximum).
  5. Water loving or high-water holding capacity trees burned from the inside-out.
  6. Homes turned to white ash – rarely blackened remains.
  7. Steel culvert pipes replaced with plastic or cement pipes.
  8. Movile homes targeted (possibly because usually mostly metal construction?)
  9. Tires with steel belts completely burned while those with polyester cores didn’t.
  10. Wood fence posts burn where metal components are attached.

 

Excellent interview w/ Robert Brame by Peggy Hall — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtOKf4rbKnY

 

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