Wildfires across Maui demand attention. Why do wildfires occur? Here's the complete story

In Maui, the wildfires are getting out of control. Even the emergency crews are unable to aid as the infernos have actually cut off 911 communications and services in Maui.

Hundreds of evacuations have been forced in Hawaii on Wednesday, as the burning wildfire won't just do any mercy. The hospitals in Hawaii have been recently overwhelmed. Moreover, some residents also fleed into the ocean in order to escape the burning flames.

As per the latest news, six people have passed away due to the wildfires. Richard Bissen, Maui County Mayor, stated the news on Wednesday at a press conference. Around two dozen people have been severely injured. Not to miss, around 271 structures have been severely destroyed or damaged.

Complete blocks of houses and businesses were burning in Lahaina Town in Maui. Blazes actually got severely fueled by wind due to a passing hurricane, leading to more damage. Additionally, there were three burning wildfires on the Big Island, out of which two of them were 60 percent contained. 

“We expect rain, sometimes we expect floods,'' said Acting Gov. Sylvia Luke. "We never anticipated in this date that a hurricane which did not make impact on our islands would cause these type of wildfires'', the acting gov, added.

In a statement, President Joe Biden expressed that he has ordered “all available Federal assets” in order to aid in combatting the blazing wildfires. The assets he ordered included the Black Hawk helicopters offered by the Marines. 

Here's everything to know about wildfires

An uncontrolled fire burning in the wildland vegetation is termed a wildfire. It can take place in forests, savannas, grasslands, and many other ecosystems. Wildfires are not limited to any specific environment or continent.

A wildfire can take place in vegetation situated both above and in the soil. Typically, the ground fires ignite in the soil that is loaded with organic matter that can actually feed flames such as plant roots. Such fires can actually burn for a very long time, sometimes even for a complete season.

On the other hand, surface fires actually burn in dry or dead vegetation that lies just above the ground.

There can be plenty of reasons for wildfire to take place.

The first category of such reasons would definitely be natural causes. Yes, it is not always the fault of humans, but nature too sometimes gets faulty. A lot of forest fires begin from natural reasons such as huge lightning that set trees on fire. Moreover, when nature damages, it knows how to repair it as well. In such types of fires, usually, rain comes and extinguishes the burning wildfire, thereby rescuing damage. Dryness and high atmospheric temperatures are the most favorable situations where such fires emerge.

Apart from these natural causes, the actions of man can also lead to wildfire havoc. Fire can result from naked flames or electric sparks as well. Therefore, it is important to take care of such things, especially near forests and grasslands.