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Originally Posted by Flabbibulin
Thought it was pretty straightforward, but anyway… it sounds like some of the structures and town was spared. So my question was did the rain that finally kicked in curb the fire a bit, or was it moreso the measures from the firefighters. I think the expectation was the entire town was going to be destroyed.
Edit- as you alluded to, seems like the small amount of rain only started after the fact, so wasnt a factor.
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Ya, not enough rain. Typically I think the only thing that saves places in these types of events is wind shifts. If the wind was blowing from the south, and switched to the north, the fire ends up being blown back on itself with far less fuel to burn, so it can reduce the intensity, and obviously the direction of movement.