In 1988, in Yellowstone Park a forest fire burnt down 4,300 square kilometers of land. (F, 1)
Despite what seems like mass destruction, forest fires could actually have positive results. Forest fires can kill diseases and promote crop fertilization by burning the soil and making it almost like knew.
Forest fires destroy about three million acres of land each year! They kill a lot of people in one fire. Imagine how many in the whole world in a