how come wildfire embers can travel miles and start new fires, whereas fire pits and bbqs can be 10’ from a house?
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The fires are huge and they [cause enormous amounts of wind](https://wildfiretoday.com/2019/06/17/360-degree-video-inside-a-forest-fire/) as they superheat the air. The embers that are carried away are not just teeny tiny little bits of barely glowing ash, but large enough chunks of bark that they can smolder for a couple of minutes.
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