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Originally Posted by MrLonzo
It just boggles my mind that temperatures can get so high to cause roofs to burn, glass to melt, and concrete to crumble, but the trees are left intact (see previously posted photo)
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Those trees are not intact. They haven't fallen yet but they are severely damaged and many likely will not recover.
In the movies you cut down a tree, light a match, and have a campfire. In real life you learn that green, wet wood does not burn. The dry shingles, dry framing, dry furniture all burned as well as the dry back on the trees. The wet interior of a live tree does not burn well at all. The leaves on the tree were also wet but that much heat for even a short time dried and burned them just as it scorched and damaged the wet interior of the tree.
Try googling forest fires, grass fires, or wild fires to learn more about how this type of fire works.