Fire Spread

[Lynne]

I updated to 1.16.0 stable, and started a new world.  Got to the point where i started a pit kiln for pickaxe and hammer molds.  The grass around it caught on fire.  I didnt look around much after because i was making more molds. Then I noticed behind me the entire area was on fire as well as the trader. So I logged out of the world and deleted it.

I have never had this happen to me before. Is there a command to turn off fire spread? I have googled for a couple days and cant find any command. Or is there a different way in the world to deal with pit kilns, like should i not do these inside a building?

[Streetwind]

Option 1: remove flammable blocks rom the vicinity of the kiln. Like 2 blocks out in all directions will do.

Option 2: house kilns inside a stone structure. I like to put them in a 3x3x3 cobblestone shell, the same one I use as a charcoal pit. Fits five kilns at once, and nothing outside ever caught fire, even though it was surrounded by grass.

[Lynne]

I'll try these, thank you.

[ELFQUEEN]

Lol....   Never happen to me..... BUT...Now I need to test it....far far away....to see I the World Burns to Dust or what ever....

[Khornet]

I've had arguably worse, I had 4 barrels  full of leather in strong tannin with one day of "brewing" left and I was relatively new to the pit kiln mechanic so it didn't occur to me they would spread fire as easily.

Yep, all those barrels burned. Pretty fast too.

[Thorfinn]

Packed earth works as a fire ring too, and gives me something to do with all that low fertility soil I end up with.

[Maelstrom]

Stone walls are a great option for preventing pit kiln wild fires.

[ELFQUEEN]

AND its looks good to, to use stone.... 5x5 then a "ring" on the outer end, then fill the 3x3 inside whit like dirt... and a 1x1 in the middle.

Then cover the dirt whit stone, leave 1x1 so you can take out the dirt ( so you can use that space for the wood ) and then you just block it whit a 1x1 stone and let it "cook" 

[FortMark]

So I had pit kiln inside with mud walls. Replaced mud walls over time with wood. Lit pit kiln and this happened....

[Thorfinn]

Peat? Lower temperature firewood is more forgiving. I find I need a fire ring 2 across for peat. Sometimes, anyway. Haven't figured out exactly which set of circumstances its a problem.

[setne550]

22 hours ago, FortMark said:

So I had pit kiln inside with mud walls. Replaced mud walls over time with wood. Lit pit kiln and this happened....

This is why I never build a pit kiln in an highly flammable area.

[Point Defense Ball]

I have a pretty bad thing in my world, I set up shop in a forest with 50% more vegetation or whatever it’s call, and my pit kilms have started a fire that has cleared about 50-60 blocks in all detections and in some places the fire itself is 30 odd blocks long. Short story short the world is playable for about 15 minutes before black screen.