The phrase "wildland fire" refers to a fire that spreads and burns in forests, grasslands, or other natural areas. It is a fire that occurs naturally without human control or intervention. Full definition
A recent study in the International Journal of Wildland Fire closed in on the optimal strategy: «The role of defensible space for residential structure protection during wildfires.» (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
«So we separated weather from the other driving factors in order to isolate the impacts of climate change on wildland fire potential.» (scientificamerican.com)
«The warmer the Earth gets, the more fire we get, and the more fire we get, the more greenhouse gases we get,» says Mike Flannigan, director of the Western Partnership for Wildland Fire Science at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. (news.nationalgeographic.com)