Wood ignites at temperatures in the hundreds of degrees. How are some wildfires supposedly started by sunlight without human action or lightning?

Question

Wood ignites at temperatures in the hundreds of degrees. How are some wildfires supposedly started by sunlight without human action or lightning?

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Answer 1

It’s generally dry tinder like stuff that goes up first, old moss balls, dried up old twigs, dead grass, that sort of thing. Then if there’s enough fire it will spread to the less flammable things like living trees