As teens we used to go wander around the woods all the time for fun. Once in the early winter, I think it must have been November because the snow wasn’t deep yet and there was still a bit of water around, we decided to play with fire.
We were dumb bored kids so we had the bright idea to set a pine tree on fire. We thought that since it was cold, the tree wouldn’t be affected much. This was a huge 50 foot tree.
We set fire to the lower branches and it started a quick fire and we watched it. Within 60 seconds, it turned into a towering inferno like an inverted jet pointing to the ground and 100 foot flames shooting into the sky. We ran and thought for sure we had started a forest fire (and it probably would have if it were summertime) … but it only stayed with that one tree.
We were always careful around trees and fire after that.
I can just imagine someone coming across that tree later and assuming it had been struck by lightning. I’m glad it didn’t spread! Thanks for sharing the story.
As teens we used to go wander around the woods all the time for fun. Once in the early winter, I think it must have been November because the snow wasn’t deep yet and there was still a bit of water around, we decided to play with fire.
We were dumb bored kids so we had the bright idea to set a pine tree on fire. We thought that since it was cold, the tree wouldn’t be affected much. This was a huge 50 foot tree.
We set fire to the lower branches and it started a quick fire and we watched it. Within 60 seconds, it turned into a towering inferno like an inverted jet pointing to the ground and 100 foot flames shooting into the sky. We ran and thought for sure we had started a forest fire (and it probably would have if it were summertime) … but it only stayed with that one tree.
We were always careful around trees and fire after that.
I can just imagine someone coming across that tree later and assuming it had been struck by lightning. I’m glad it didn’t spread! Thanks for sharing the story.