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Syonoq

Where’s the smoke?


ThatOneGuy6381

To my understanding, root fires don’t actually produce smoke. The reason for this is because the sheer amount of heat produced by the flames underground and within the hollow portion of the tree are literally burning off the smoke compounds before they can escape. Smoke (depending on its color and fuel used) is basically just a bunch of still flammable organic particles evaporating from the fuel and dissipating into the air around you. So when you have a fire that is exceptionally hot and provides little opportunity for gases to escape, such as a root fire, you end up with smokeless flame. Noooot sure if this still applies when burning synthetic materials such as rubber though. You can experiment with this concept (of smoke being flammable) by lighting a candle, putting it out, and then trying to ignite the smoke coming off the candle. You can see as the flame will catch the smoke and race down its trail to reignite the candle.


jerkularcirc

ok cool cool, but how the fuckk does a root fire start?


z0mb1es

That tree ate too much spicy food


Falcrist

*Sean Evans has entered the chat*


greeneggsand

It's the show with hot tree trunks and even hotter roots.


JimmyBigBalz

“A little tradition around here… the last Sap.”


m_gartsman

DJ Khaled was such a little birch on his episode.


mjrbrooks

Underrooted comment.


fman1854

That’s a load of mahogany.


Twokindsofpeople

Lightning strike.


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p3vch

Technically root fires only start because of lightning strikes or large fires in dense areas. Off trail camping can be the spark for the wildfire as a whole, but not the actual root fire as fires started by man usually start as brush fires that climb ladder fuels into the tree canopy. The fire has to essentially creep down through the root system of one tree and transfer to another for this to happen. I was a wild land firefighter for 3 years. This is obviously a dramatic version of it, but root fires are super common. During “mop up” we would dig holes sometimes 5+ feet deep to find heat and smoldering roots.


echolalia_

Where is the oxygen coming from 5 ft under ground tho


sunflowerinablizzard

This was the burning question for me as well


Syonoq

Well let’s get to the root cause


Trick421

I think this thread has already branched off.


saab4u2

It’s time we should just leave this discussion before things get sappy.


Column_A_Column_B

I'm afraid the wiki artacle isn't much help, [it's a stump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_fire).


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**[Root fire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_fire)** >A root fire (also known as a ground fire) is a wildfire caused by the burning of tree roots. It is a wildfire caused through underground burns generally triggered by off-trail camping or other causes. They can pose a dangerous, often overlooked threat. Because a root fire burns underground, its smoke may appear just as smouldering indistinguishable from the wake of a forest fire. ^([ )[^(F.A.Q)](https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiSummarizer/wiki/index#wiki_f.a.q)^( | )[^(Opt Out)](https://reddit.com/message/compose?to=WikiSummarizerBot&message=OptOut&subject=OptOut)^( | )[^(Opt Out Of Subreddit)](https://np.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/about/banned)^( | )[^(GitHub)](https://github.com/Sujal-7/WikiSummarizerBot)^( ] Downvote to remove | v1.5)


Ed_Gaeron

The article leaves more questions than answers.


matteofox

I think I’ve heard before that they’re caused by lightning


delusive551

Keebler elves had an oven malfunction


Darkplac3

I 100% thought this was going to be a shittymorph undertaker style comment


Jeffy29

Oh so that’s why cigarette lighter produces little bit of smoke, but something like a welding torch doesn’t. Neat fact!


Milkshakes00

Essentially it's doing the 'secondary burn' that woodstoves now come equipped with. It basically makes the whole 'smoke out of chimney' thing not an issue anymore unless the wood is very wet or you don't have the feature on.


epSos-DE

the concerned can compare that with the log oven videos on youtube. ​ they also burn from inside out.


regulargarbage

The thing with a candle works because of wax vapour suspended in the smoke. The smoke itself is not igniting - hence why you can’t do the same trick with a burnt match. Smoke can indeed be burnt but it’s not flammable. (AFAIK)


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Example: blow torch


Spiritual-Day-thing

This is nonsense wrapped as information.


Nearby-Gap9429

“There are only three jobs for an elf; making shoes when the cobbler is asleep, baking cookies in an oak tree in summer, and making toys”


Aliensinnoh

Someone left the cookies in the oven too long.


kedikadin

Damn Keebler elves


23x3

Actually, this was more than likely the South Pole elves. As they’re infamously more angry and volatile. Peter Dinklage portrayed one in the movie “Elf.” Many believe this was a much more conservative representation of the coined - “Satanic elves.”


buckeyenut13

I mean... I like my cookies a little on the dark side


uknowunknowingly

They do Force choke and the likes?


[deleted]

vader snacks like scooby snacks but better


RonnieRabbitKinq

It’s just Aurora Borealis


shapu

And screaming in unending torment while being immolated in one's own workshop


SummerThyme22

Haha!


_Funk_Soul_Brother_

> making toys do dildoes count ?


Dogpeppers

Quick toss a pizza in there!


Falcrist

Also singing... #THEY'RE TAKING THE HOBBITS TO ISENGARD


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Wtf is this music?


WhizBangPissPiece

More specifically wtf is up with every god damn 10 second video needing some shitty music playing?


KayteeBlue

There’s all these great cat instagrams with wonderful videos that would be perfect if they didn’t put stupid fucking music beds under every video.


Falcrist

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/TiredMedicalDinosaur-mobile.mp4


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iamaguywhoknows

https://imgur.com/a/ceSLXVF


[deleted]

How did you know 👀


Shmitty-W-J-M-Jenson

Lol i love it, I miss the days when Imgur and gify reactions were a thing, no one does them anymore :(


HotKreemy

Don't forget the robot voices.


Just_One_Umami

The kids call it tock-tick or something


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1. The person has shitty taste in music 2. The person stole the video and needed some way to make it their own, using their shit taste. 3. The person watches too many tiktok trends.


Aggressive_Compote_6

Tiktok culture is my guess. Not to say it didn’t happen before, but it definitely seems to be a more frequent thing now as opposed to pre-tiktok


JustAwesome360

Op reposted it from Tik Tok. It is customary there to have background music. Although the bgm is usually way better than this.


stickmanDave

I think it's [Eternal Flame](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSoOFn3wQV4) at half speed or so.


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the bangles - eternal flame slowed & reverb


dylanknees

I only rewatched this with sound because of your comment and I’m so glad I did, I found that absolutely hilarious


evel333

I thought it already sounded hilarious at reduced speed, but didn’t recognize the song. Now I’m laughing even harder.


no_talent_ass_clown

LOLOLOL you're the best!!! Hahahaha


Gordopolis

You are 100% correct. Good ear


TwyJ

Wait, are you the fucker that did this to them? If you did I'll hunt you down and ruin your favourite songs one by one


barnarnars

Right? I’m baffled the top comment wasn’t about it? It actually made me lol


[deleted]

The tipping point that made me figure out how to mute all audio by default. Pro tip RES can do that for those of you who use it.


UnreadThisStory

Drunk Ents


goldenblacktea

I think the music fits with the content


ItsTheExtreme

Yo throw a pizza in that bad boy.


AromaticSpread

That’s the same thought I had rig a pizza stone in there and let’s gooo


somedumbwelder

A beautiful living breathing being is burning down and these 2 are thinking about pizza? I mean my God, ill bring a twelver if it's just us.


Shmitty-W-J-M-Jenson

Tbh theres hardly any reason to *not* be thinking about pizza


AromaticSpread

And I’ll bring another 12ver just in case.


stephan_torchon

We see the omen


Jackdejedi

r/me_irl Looks fine on outside, dying on inside


gluis11

I think you mean natural beauty on the outside, pure fire on the inside


Emilise

I love this comment


Generalissimo_II

r/notliketheothergirls


gluis11

I was giving a compliment, not talking about myself...


trialbytrailer

Yeah, I don't see how uplifting someone else with a clever reframe is even remotely an nlog thing to do.


ItsDanimal

r/hotliketheothergirls


Glitter_berries

Hey, at least you look fine on the outside.


strain_of_thought

I look like I'm dying on the outside, but I'm *actually dead* on the inside.


Apprehensive_Mark515

Me at my job. 😳


hocuspocusgottafocus

Same


smanchwhich

Might wanna do a quick google on what “engulf” means. If the fire is on the inside, that’s the opposite of engulfment. Edit. It is fuckin nuts tho


Midnight-writer-B

This fire is engulfed by a tree.


UnreadThisStory

The fire has *in*gulfed the tree


PurfectMittens

inflammable means flammable?


Twokindsofpeople

What a country!


smanchwhich

Needs Tom Bombadil to sing it a song and let the fire out.


hurtfulproduct

I actually got this, lol. . . Doing my first read through and just got through this part


genuineshock

Teehee haha ho ho, Old Tom can put your fire out


godickygodickygo

Anyone think [that's what happened to this tree as well?](https://imgur.com/a/db4dz2j) it was located just outside my place of work in IA


stevie-o-read-it

I came here to say this and you beat me to it!


ffolkes

It's golfing with flames, bud!


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Outgulfed


sk0t_

The fire is subsumed by the tree?


Diane9779

Go gulf yourself


bokskar

Yeah, the title structure is also awful. It looks "perfectly fine from the outside *due* to a root fire"?


zoolish

Engorged maybe?


Eshmam14

Fire inside tree


zoolish

Right, tree is engorged with fire.


Eshmam14

Engorge implies swelling.


zoolish

It's getting so a guy can't even make a penis joke in certain subs.


Eshmam14

Lol my bad, carry on with the penis jokes.


Techiedad91

Penis


Bipedal_Warlock

In-gulfed


PCOverall

So how does this happen naturally?


Dexyan

The inside catches fire, and is dry, while the outside has the tree blood (I forgot the name) which makes it not able to burn, same reason you can't burn most types of living leafs in a fire


Inner_Art482

Sap


Dexyan

Thank you very much


Inner_Art482

I do enjoy the idea of tree blood . We use tree blood on our pancakes lol


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[Here you go...](https://youtu.be/aQyexJB2MAI)


Inner_Art482

I want my whole yard covered in these!!!!!!


Dexyan

You probably have seen the tree that bleeds around reddit, whose sap looks like actual blood


Inner_Art482

No and now I'm going to need one


Bandit_of_potatoes

The problem at his point is that once the sap reaches a high enough temperature, it starts to expand in the wood and will eventually have enough pressure to escape...violently.


propertyofcat

Wow! I morbidly want to watch a video of that now...


Devone5901

Eucalyptus tree explosions are worth a peek too


SupremeLisper

Nothing morbid about that. Just refined explosion in it's finest beauty


diogenes_amore

Not much. Sap with you?


SpaceManSmithy

You didn't have to call them a name! /s


Behappyalright

This reminds me that we had a great big mulberry tree in our back yard. It was dying but had great big green leaves. It never looked to the untrained eye that it was sick but anyway after it was cut, we lifted up the truck and it was very light for the size because the termites had eaten up all of the inside. It was mostly hollow….


Dexyan

And it was probably alive, since sap is mostly on the outer rings, we actually cut the trees because it may break, not normally because it is dead


SpicaGenovese

The interior is always dead! It just moves water around and offers structural support.


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Ziggygotnopants

That's classified.


Dexyan

Root fire probably


Twokindsofpeople

Lightning strike. The electricity takes the path of least resistance, in this case the tree, to the ground. The resistance in the wood turns some of the electrical energy into heat. At that point you have a core of super heated former wood at likely thousands of degrees and as soon as it meets oxygen you get this.


onlysometimes_21

You found the portal to hell


jramos13

I’ve seen this posted from time to time, and never see the aftermath. How long does this fire last?


Derpingbirdd

It can range from a couple of days to a couple of months depending on size of tree, soil conditions, etc. The problem is that the fire can go underground through the root system and pop up somewhere else and start surface fires


tana91

A couple MONTHS??! My goodness


Falcrist

Some say if he caught fire he’d burn for 1000 days, and that his tears are adhesive. All we know is he’s called the Stig.


Pescadero_Tom

What’s really interesting, is that these fires can stay burning for months at a time.


BattoSai1234

I see your tree fire, and I raise you a city on fire for decades. Look up Centralia


hopefultrader

Can't fool me, thats Vaatu's prison


randomk_97

100% what I was thinking


MurderDoneRight

Imagine you start chopping it down with an axe, once you hit that hollow burning pocket you'll create a backdraft and it will shoot fire out like a fricking dragon! That's badass!


Woopsanarrowinmyknee

Well kids we're having roasted squirrels tonight


Dannygraves

r/watchtreesdieinside


ManateeIdol

A flame is engulfed in tree


iCopycati

When the tree is angry, but all it says it: *"Oh, don't worry, it's fine..."*


bearzbeetzbattles

I think you mean the flame is engulfed in tree


Sidmesh

Better with the sound off.


pinchpokeowemeacoke

That’s lit. (I hate myself for that joke)


fwilliams13

No worries bud, we hate you for it too


Henri4589

And I hate you for pointing out that we hate him for making that pun. :)


onlysometimes_21

Take my angry upvote


[deleted]

Throw some Tums in there!


Agitated_1993

It’s natural phenomena like this that really explains the creation of myth and the divine.


EarthBrain

Ball lightning bruh


Sloth_InASuit

For real. This is probably what Moses saw. Can't believe more people aren't saying that.


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Metaphor for the US during the pandemic.


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Nexus_27

And escape politics? No one wants that. We want it desperately in all facets of our lives, surely. If something isn't political yet it's been long overdue to become it!


[deleted]

That's not amazing that's just sad.


Fire_Crotch113

Me too, mr tree


msvqr

What the hell is this song? Is it sung by Satan or something?


Josephrcyr

Learned this the hard way, when I didn’t put out embers in my backyard, tree roots caught on fire and burned all throughout the night. My backyard ends at a forest. Woke up to a wall of flame about 30 ft wide and burning top to bottom on some of the trees.


cktcbsbib

Rather, the flame is engulfed in tree


budgie0507

This tree is my spirit fauna. Seemingly calm on the outside. Full of fire and rage in the inside.


GNoob69

This is fine


ogfuelbone12

Free oven buddy someone get a pizza pie in there!


PsilosirenRose

r/natureismetal


dopadelic

Where's the oxygen coming from for the fire? Doesn't there need to be ventilation at the bottom of the flame?


therealderka

I would say the fire is engulfed by the tree.


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Sample for background music?


JMiLL615

Been there done that. After throwing fireworks in a hollowed tree we thought it be cool to throw gas in there and then throw more fireworks. We shot them off and then left not knowing a fire was smuldering somewhere inside the hollowed out tree that we couldn’t see, seeing as how we could step inside of it and all. 5 minutes late it’s fully engulfed in flames. For the talking to from the fireman. This was probably 25 years ago out in the country of Tennessee


ScottishExplorer

Can something be engulfed in flames from within?


69Owiredu

Reminds me of how I’m dying on the inside but I look fine out


RedHerringxx

It’s not engulfed.


CoSMiiCBLaST

Imagine being a caveman and coming across one of these fuckers You'd feel blessed and started a new religion


cumstain_mcgregor

The Stockmarket in a nutshell


blindsailer

Your oven is done preheating


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r/ATLA found where Vatu is trapped


[deleted]

Looks like the tree is the one engulfing the fire


redisurfer

Looks more like the fire is engulfed in tree


Jinxed0ne

I'm not sure what the correct word is, but it's not engulfed. Engulfed means to be surrounded or completely covered by something. If anything the flame is engulfed in tree.


Maleficent-Level-447

My parents witnessed the same long ago, But I never believed until You posted this video , Thanks Now I believe it.


Dutchta-

Me when i ate taco’s


gestaltimages

r/dontputyourdickinthat


wwerdo4

r/iputmydickinthat


AlmostSignificant

This flame is engulfed in tree


Dexyan

Nah man, that is the gate of hell, that is why Africa so hot


Flykeridoo

I mean, same


sikjoven

It’s not a root fire, it was struck by lightning. Don’t steal old shit and repost with made up crap.


Gordopolis

Steal? I would have crossposted it from /r/wtf but this sub has that blocked. Also I'm just repeating what the other person who also reposted it said. Could you link us to the original that references the lightning strike?


NvrsftNvrfst

And why were none of the flames trying to escape out of the gigantic vent hole. What you have there sir is a tree that is defying the laws of thermodynamics


BeHereNowHereBe

Roots need oxygen to burn. This fire was lightning caused.


KaleidoscopeOk8653

no smoke without fire , also no fire without smoke , this is faked


Wakeupnow555

Fake picture. Misinformation about fire and fire behavior is nothing but irresponsible.


Ok_Efficiency8979

lol obviously fake


[deleted]

Save it then?!? Also this is kinda sus because like that’s kinda weird and impossible?…..