What causes wildfires?
Brains On! Science podcast for kids
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Why Ammonium Phosphate Is Orange
Orange is it because the fire will see the orange and think the fire's already there, so ti'll turn and go the opposite direction. The way this stuff works doesn't really put out fires so much as it stops them from spreading. So picture this, a tree gets slimed with this ammonium phosphate thanks to an aerplane flying above. It, falls down, splurt, covers the whole stretch of trees there. Then when a fire comes near, sizzle,. sizzle, crackle, crack le. I wong to get you.
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