As per the perception based on the weather condition and density of forest, it could be said that the possibility for any big incident of forest fire is far away, the Institute observed.
‘Long dry period is one of the pre-condition for a big forest fire,’ Forest Research Institute researcher Ilkka Vanha-Majamaa said, adding that Finland’s forests are very scattered especially in South Finland where fire does not catch easily.
The fire spreading from Russia to Finland is possible in theory, he said.
The researcher said that a lightning starts 14 per cent of forest fires in Finland which is only 3 per cent in Mediterranean countries.
