What is Pirocümülüs, an unpredictable gas cloud that turns the lleida fire into the trap of death in Spain?
All fires are not the same. On Tuesday, the fire, which led to the death of two people, a 32 -year -old farmer in Lleida and a 45 -year -old worker, is one of the so -called sixth generation fires: they cause unpredictable processes, which makes them more dangerous.
The cause of the destruction in Lleida is pyrocümüstürüstü, which is a fire and steam cloud, which occurs as a result of fire and reaches 14 kilometers.
Pirocümülüs clouds, creating a wind wave within half an hour, causing the speed of the fire to reach 28 kilometers per hour.
Victims. Agricultural entrepreneur Jordi Esteve, 32, and one of the workers, Omar Fabián Agudelo, 45, died in an agricultural area in Lleida. Esteve, when the fire began to help the worker in one of the farms. On the way back to Agramunt Municipality, they were impressed by the smoke and drowned and died.
How does Pirocümülüs occur?
When the vegetation is lit, a large amount of heat releases: This causes the atmosphere to collide and concentrate with the upper layers of the atmosphere.
An air column is formed and collapses towards the area where the fire is spread. The wind direction becomes chaotic. As if a lightweight water bottle was hardly thrown on the ground and the liquid has gushed in all directions.
The fire creates its own climate and produces its own internal storms instead of exposure to local winds.
Could it be again? Yes, experts believe that these events will become increasingly widespread due to extreme temperatures.
