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Originally Posted by CrazyTiki
I am a native Floridian and with the exception of the Florida Firestorm of 1998, we have never had those kinds of problems. The fires of 1998 were caused by an extreme drought in late spring of that year. In addition to our humidity, we have many natural fire breaks such as rivers and canals in addition to frequent control burns, especially down south in the glades.
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Those muck fires were caused by lightning strikes. People seem to forget swamps burn. The gas and peat rich dirt which is one step away from coal, definitely burn. Most of the fires were underground though.