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Abstract
Long continuous strips of unburned crowns sometimes remain in the aftermath of a high-intensity fire in forest stands that otherwise are completely burned out (understory and overstory) with respect to their thin-fuel loading. A physical mechanism is proposed to explain this observation: occasional lulls in the strong winds that virtually invariably occur in connection with active crown fires. An observational effort that could yield evidence to support the proposal is discussed.