A series of fires have left businesses gutted and damaged ahead of Kangaroo Island's peak tourism period. Key points: Multiple restaurants have been damaged and forced to close due to recent fires on Kangaroo Island It comes ahead of the island's peak tourism season, with 60,000 people set to arrive from November The local tourism alliance remains positive the islanders …
The fires have burned more than 140,000 acres, from soaring mountains along the California-Nevada border to forest north of Mt. “All else equal, drier vegetation means more intense fires,” Swain said, noting that “intensity” refers both to the heat of a fire and to its behavior. “That dryness,” Tingley added, “just creates these tinderbox conditions.” So far this year, many …
