A. Simeoni

CM Countryman

D Weise

D. X. Viegas

DA Smith

DD Drysdale

DJ McRae

DX Viegas

E Ormeño

G Cox

GT Atkinson

J Llusià

JMC Mendes-Lopes

JW Dold

K Chetehouna

L Catoire

L Nuñez-Regueira

NP Cheney

O Kuckuk

PA Santoni

RM Nelson

RS McAlpine

S Owen

WR Catchpole

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A critical review of the mechanisms that are described in the literature to explain the onset and development of eruption or blow up in forest fires is presented, given their great relevance for fire safety, particularly in canyons. The various processes described in the literature that are considered as potential causes of fire eruption are discussed. Some of them seem more likely to cause the phenomenon and the others seem to have a complementary role in some conditions. The current review highlights that more research is required to create a classification of Fire Eruption types and to allow the development of specific Fire Safety procedures for fire fighters to minimize accidents.</p

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