What is the minimum safe spacing between trees to contain forest fires?

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What is the minimum safe spacing between trees to contain forest fires?
Posted On: November 14, 2011

After trying to implement a minor controlled burn to tame the wild forests surrounding my home, I managed to create what I shall heretofore refer to as The Burning Land.


It occurred to me that we do not properly understand fire and its ability to spread from treetop to treetop. I am quite certain that I witnessed fire jumping from leaf block to leaf block over a span of at least two blocks of air, so clearly trees can catch fire even if they are not adjacent to a blaze.


So what is the minimum safe spacing between trees?


(A similar question was raised in Properties of Fire?, but I thought this question could be focused on forest fires, which the other question doesn't appear to address in sufficient detail.).


Question from user JavadocMD at gaming.stackexchange.com.


Answer:

Going by this post Firefighting post, the minimum safe distance between trees is 4 blocks. If I find a more concrete source I will edit this answer.


Answer from user Rapida at gaming.stackexchange.com.



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What is the minimum safe spacing between trees to contain forest fires?
Posted On: November 14, 2011

After trying to implement a minor controlled burn to tame the wild forests surrounding my home, I managed to create what I shall heretofore refer to as The Burning Land.


It occurred to me that we do not properly understand fire and its ability to spread from treetop to treetop. I am quite certain that I witnessed fire jumping from leaf block to leaf block over a span of at least two blocks of air, so clearly trees can catch fire even if they are not adjacent to a blaze.


So what is the minimum safe spacing between trees?


(A similar question was raised in Properties of Fire?, but I thought this question could be focused on forest fires, which the other question doesn't appear to address in sufficient detail.).


Question from user JavadocMD at gaming.stackexchange.com.


Answer:

Going by this post Firefighting post, the minimum safe distance between trees is 4 blocks. If I find a more concrete source I will edit this answer.


Answer from user Rapida at gaming.stackexchange.com.



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