How to Kill a Zombie Fire – Atlas Obscura
Humanity s got a full-tilt zombie outbreak on its hands. As the world warms and certain regions particularly the Arctic dry, so does the super fuel known as peat. It s basically concentrated carbon from dead plants, and it burns not at all like your typical Californian or Australian wildfire. Instead of sending towering flames upward, a peat fire burns in the opposite direction, smoldering deep in the soil. Firefighters often soak the ground with water and declare victory, only for the soil to reignite a surface fire months later. The land might even snow over while the smoldering persists undetected. That s why scientists dub these menaces zombie fires.
Zombie fires. What a concept.