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According to the Operational Information System currently used in the Russian Federal Forest Service, large forest fires are those exceeding 200 ha in area. Although they account for only 1-2% of the total number of fires, and 10-15% in extremely dry years, they are responsible for 50-70% of the annually burned area and 90% of fire damage. These fires are much more intense than smaller fires, and thus their economic and ecological impact is more profound, since an increase in the linear dimensions of a fire leads, logically, to its new qualitative features. For a fire to achieve a large size, several factors, including fire control, are to be involved. These are interrelated factors, and when combined, they favour small fires becoming large.
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Valendik, E.N. (1996). Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Forest Fires in Siberia. In: Goldammer, J.G., Furyaev, V.V. (eds) Fire in Ecosystems of Boreal Eurasia. Forestry Sciences, vol 48. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8737-2_9
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