J. R. R. Tolkien. J.R.R. Tolkien is the author of the most famous and influential of swords-and-sorcery fiction works: The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings books The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King.
Generally it wonât if you try to ignite it first. The greeness represents moisture in the grass, reducing or limiting its burning. In a brush or wild land fire, the flames will preheat and dry out the grass and brush in front of it allowing it to burn, but then it isnât as green as it was from the preheating. Remember to that heat rises.
âBasically, a muck fire is going to burn down until it hits water,â said Sean Gallagher, a spokesman with the Florida Division of Forestry. âIt burns with such intensity that it lights the dirt.â Muck ignites from the burning brush above and from lightning strikes. Enough oxygen penetrates the parched, loosely packed peat, causing underground embers to smolder for weeks. The muck can cook and kill roots, causing trees to topple.