Factcheck: How many wildfires resulted from managed burns escaping control?
- paul76187
- Jan 25, 2021
- 1 min read
Updated: Feb 1, 2023
What The Science Says website checks out another claim:
Claim: 68% of wildfires in the higher uplands have been caused by so-called controlled cold fires.
This came from a recent Westminster moorland burning debate, in relation to tackling climate change and carbon release, Olivia Blake MP (Sheffield, Hallam, Labour) discussed multiple statistics about burning, including:
Is the hon. Member aware of some the most recent research, which shows that 68% of wildfires in the higher uplands have actually been caused by so-called controlled cold fires? Olivia Blake MP
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