a "candling" wildfire that's engulfed the crowns of a conifer forest will fall back down to ground level when it hits a clump of aspen. "If a fire is spreading toward a community and we know that ...

Individual trees can go up in flame, too, which is called candling or torching A crown fire can spread from treetop to treetop, and causes more damage to the forest by generating more energy ...

which means a “moderately vigorous surface fire with an organized flame front, occasional candling and a moderate to fast rate of spread.” The service says helicopters are bucketing water ...