Every year, wildfires seem to be increasingly more frequent. …  In July 2018, a fire began burning through a forest in central Sweden. Due to the location of the fire, typical strategies to control the flames were not working. After two weeks of futile attempts, officials decided to bring out the big guns: They bombed the blaze. …Bombing fires may sound insane at first, but it stems from the same science as blowing out birthday candles. According to Popular Mechanics, a bomb would create a sudden change of pressure, and “blow the flames of a fire off its field source,” the same way you separate a candle’s flames from the wick.  …A news release from the Swedish Armed Forces stated that the bomb was reported to have had a very good effect and extinguished fires up to 100 meters from the target. It was also noted that fires further away were not exacerbated or spread by the bomb.