He said recently, the Ghana National Fire Service was called by the Togolese government to
control fire outbreak in Togo's capital town, Lome market.
The reason could be that plant defenses against pathogens gradually weaken after a
fire, Moritz and Odion speculate — for instance, from stiffer competition among plants as they grow, decreased chemical defenses as they age, or depletion of soil nutrients.The findings suggest that California's fight against forest
fires over many decades may have precipitated or accelerated the
outbreak, and that perhaps
controlled burning could be used to halt it, the authors say.