Even after the blaze in some parts of wildlife and forest has been extinguished and firefighting in other locations is still underway it is learnt that small patches of burned sites are reporting a recurrence of fire. This is probably so because unscientific methods are being used to douse the fire.
It is understood that forest department personnel and locals take part in the firefighting operation in the forest by using small branches of trees to put off the fire.
This will not douse the fire completely and the burning ember which is a small piece of wood that still burns when the flames of the fire have gone out, is sufficient to rekindle the fire. Even water may not be sufficient to completely douse the burning wood. What is necessary is to spray the area with firefighting foam. Firefighting foam is a kind of foam used for fire suppression.
Its role is to cool the fire and to coat the material, preventing its contact with oxygen, thus achieving suppression of the combustion. Water has long been a universal agent for fighting fire, but is not best in all cases. It may not suffice to just put off the blaze but the fire has to be suppressed from being reignited. Firefighting foam is a material used for fire suppression.
