According to the California Government Code a forest fire is a fire that is “burning uncontrolled on any lands partially or wholly covered by timber, brush, grass, grain, or other inflammable vegetation” (CA Codes). This is what California considers a forest fire and this is what I will be also be considering a forest fire throughout my paper. This past year here throughout California we experienced several forest fires. Forest fires are appearing more and more around us. It is affecting organisms and the way they live. The intensity of the forest fires was pretty great and this ended up spreading to people’s homes and this affected them. This is why I became interested in writing on this topic because of the affects it has on peoples living
