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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They've happened before, most commonly during the firestorms caused by bombing in ww2

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, natural ones. Not man-made ones ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Again, those happen commonly in wildfires. Firefighters have to regularly watch for them. It's not some mythical event.